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A River of Gentrification Runs Through It: Jonathan Lethem's new fiction chronicles neighborhood tales from the '60s to the present.
Brooklyn Crime Novel, by Jonathan Lethem, Ecco, 373 page…
A retrospective of the late artist's paintings showcases an outlook of both turbulence and calm.
Matthew Wong: The Realm of Appearances, installation view. Photo: Museum of Fine Arts, Bosto…
In the follow-up to Justin Torres's 2011 We the Animals, a story of queer kinship and lineage is forged upon absence and erasure.
Blackouts, by Justin Torres, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 305…
Thirteen international artists respond to the ongoing legacy of trauma, violence, and defiance caused by the 1947 division.
Proposals for a Memorial to Partition, installation view. Courtes…
Fiction, nonfiction, essay-parts: Kate Briggs's first novel is an
experiment in radical possibilities.
The Long Form, by Kate Briggs,
Dorothy, a publishing project, 447 pages, $16.95
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On a road to nowhere? A new restoration of Jonathan Demme's 1984 Talking Heads documentary.
Lynn Mabry and David Byrne in Stop Making Sense. Courtesy A24. Photo: Jordan Cronenweth.
Stop Ma…
When cassette tapes ruled the world.
High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape, by Marc Masters, University of North Carolina Press, 209 pages, $20
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Death and taxonomy: twenty-one photographs reflect on life and order in the Anthropocene.
Claire Pentecost: Linnaeus After Dark, installation view. Courtesy the artist and Higher Pictures. …
Language rushes to keep up with the chaos of science in BenjamÃn Labatut's new hybrid novel.
The MANIAC, by BenjamÃn Labatut, Penguin Press, 354 pages, $28
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Naked and unafraid: the unsung Corman-protégé's search for sexual freedom within the exploitation genre.
Celeste Yarnall as Diane LeFanu in The Velvet Vampire. Courtesy the American Genre…
Hawthornian horror gets the postmodern treatment in Daniel Clowes's latest graphic novel.
Monica, by Daniel Clowes, Fantagraphics Books, 106 pages, $30
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Resistance, performance, and self-determination are at the forefront of a dazzling display of works by over three dozen
Native artists and collectives.
Indian Theater: Native Performance, …
Collagecore: layers of possibility in the works of forty-four artists organized by Justine Kurland.
The Rose, installation view. Courtesy the lumber room. Photo: Mario Gallucci. Pictured, r…
A biography by John Szwed portrays the bohemian polymath and avant-garde artist and filmmaker in all of his uncategorizable splendor.
Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith, by J…
Stalin speaking: Ismail Kadare's new novel circles relentlessly around a real-life phone call involving the Soviet leader and two famed writers.
A Dictator Calls, by Ismail Kadare, translat…
Falling in line with lines: a major retrospective of the
German-Venezuelan artist.
Gego: Measuring Infinity, installation view. Photo: David Heald. © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
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Anti-colonialism, feminism, and Marxism abound in a retrospective of the Senegalese filmmaker's oeuvre.
Tabata Ndiaye as Princess Dior Yacine in Ceddo. Courtesy Film Forum.
"Sembène," Fil…
In Zadie Smith's new novel, the true story of a heated nineteenth-century criminal trial connects to the unrest of current times.
The Fraud, by Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, 454 pages, $29
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Twenty-six poems by Ben Lerner grapple with the language of poetics at the intersection of contemporary private life and political darkness.
The Lights: Poems, by Ben Lerner, Farrar, Straus…
A sneak peek at our upcoming season of soul-replenishing criticism.
Rirkrit Tiravanija, untitled 2017 (fear eats the soul) (white flag), 2017. Courtesy Creative Time. Photo: Guillaume Zicca…
Gone ramblin': our final summer missive maps a route through works inspired by an ethos of my way and the highway.
Justine Kurland, The Sirens, 1999. C-print, 11 × 14 inches. © Justi…
Short and sweet: five very brief books to meet your demands for both quality and quantity.
Just two weeks remain of summer, and as we find ourselves in the season's languorous dregs, it may…
Twins for the win: three works starring doppelgängers ranging from the dangerous to the delightful.
Lupita Nyong'o as Red (left) and Adelaide Wilson (right) in Us. Photo: Industrial Light …
To celebrate Women in Translation Month, a roundup of perverse prose by eight female authors from Europe, Asia, and South America.
"Traduttore, traditore," exclaimed the Italians"translator…
Sealed with a kiss: for your reading pleasure, we present six public displays of affection, from our archives.
Laura Paredes as Laura in Trenque Lauquen. Courtesy Cinema Guild.
The Merriam…
