Less Dogma, More Dissent: Paglia on ‘Sex, Gender, Feminism’
Contrary to what her critics might have one believe, Camille Paglia demands more, not less, of contemporary feminism.
Matthew Snider
‘Testosterone Rex’ Delivers an Anticlimactic Attempt to Extinguish Gender Myths
Light on science, heavy on smugness, Testosterone Rex, does everyone a disservice.
New Translation of Yusuf Atılgan’s Work Shows a Mind Unraveling
Yusuf Atılgan’s Motherland Hotel alternates between traditional narrative fiction and nuanced poetry wherein the reader becomes lost in the psychological unmooring.
The Translators of ‘Thousand and One Nights’ Were Unquestionably Thieves
Marvellous Thieves notes that each interpreter's acts of plagiarism, theft, and recreation are nearly as interesting as the tales themselves.
Glistening Male Bodies in Film: ‘Descended From Hercules’
This is an extensive and thoughtful survey of the peplum that's limited only by its ambition.
The Seductive Brutality of Crossing Borders
The year 2016 has demonstrated that the American imagination could use another dozen novels with the defiant honesty of Norte.
‘Nietzsche’s Journey to Sorrento’: Wherein Nietzsche Finds His Voice
Paolo D'Iorio writes of the costs and rewards of a man in the midst of transformation.
‘A Wild Swan and Other Tales’: A Twist on Fairy Tales for a More Sober Time
Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham gives a compelling demonstration of how to reimagine magic while retaining a literary legacy.
The Mystery of ‘All That Man Is’
David Szalay's novel preserves the mystery of modern manhood within an anthology of realism.
‘The Angel of History’ Reflects on the Costs of Assimilation
The Angel of History is an evocative religious and sexual elegiac with a dark and stirring current of comedy running through it.
On Friedrich Nietzsche’s Early Intellectual, Emotional, and Spiritual Development
The Making of Friedrich Nietzsche is a carefully considered and well-paced biography that knows exactly how much it intends to say and doesn't aspire to take on any more than is necessary.
More Sound and Fury Than Clarity in ‘Against Ambience’
While Kim-Cohen's writing can be cynical and unforgiving and uncompromising. If he's right, none of that matters.