Chief Among Sinners: Jonathan Franzen’s Crossroads Kicks Off a Trilogy
A review of Crossroads: A Novel, by Jonathan Franzen.
How to Think about Existential Threats
A review of The Unreality of Memory: And Other Essays, by Elisa Gabbert.
The Midwest’s Not-So-Hidden History
A review of The Heartland: An American History,
by Kristin L. Hoganson.
‘How to Disappear’: Seeking Invisibility in an Age of Exhibitionism
A review of How to Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency, by Akiko Busch.
Bad Banditti, Bad Book
Stefan Beck reviews The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta, the Celebrated California Bandit, by John Rollin Ridge.
“God Fearing” Dartmouth
It’s become a truism that student government is the bailiwick of shallow, egotistical resume-padders. Tracy Flick, the junior-varsity Lady Macbeth of the 1999 movie Election, was instantly recognizable, as was ...