Wikipedia’s Pyrrhic Victory
Julian Lucas on Richard Cooke’s book “The Last Best Place on the Internet: A Human History of Wikipedia,” and the…
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admin Tom McCarthy’s Meaningless Men
For decades, the novelist has dismantled the tropes of realist fiction in his writing. In “The Rhyl Poster,” that approach…
When “Gender Deception” Is a Crime
“The Bed Trick” by Izabella Scott revisits a notorious British sexual-assault trial in which a woman was convicted of posing…
A Never Trumper and a Democrat on Beating MAGA for Good
Isaac Arnsdorf reviews Sarah Longwell’s book “How to Eat an Elephant” and Adam Jentleson’s “Supermajority.”
The Unsettling Ambiguity of Early Pregnancy
Binary tests offer an illusion of certainty, but pregnancy is a nonlinear experience, and confirming one is a process of…
Can You Write a Memoir in the Third Person?
Hua Hsu reviews Brian Dillon’s memoir, “Ambivalence: An Education,” in which the author’s younger self is depicted as an inscrutable,…
The Strange Power of the Dance-Floor Novel
A new run of books embrace the literary potential of underground electronic music, Robert Rubsam writes.
He Gave the Knicks Their Name. Why Was He Forgotten?
Eric Lach reviews Phillip Lopate’s biography “A Washington Irving Sketch Book: Reflections on an American Writer.”
The Best Books of 2026 So Far
Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Claudia Rankine Plays Dead
Maya Binyam writes about Claudia Rankine’s book “Triage.”