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The Prophet and the Barbarians
On Sam Kriss
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"Pink Toenails" and "Crowd"
New Poetry from The Metropolitan Review
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Jonah Raskin
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D. Eric Parkison
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You Will Not Remember This Essay
On “Antimemes” and the Failures of Rationalism
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Steff
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The Dog Days of Covid
On Michael Cunningham’s ‘Day’
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Matthew Morgan
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Where Is the Asian American Portnoy?
On Carolyn Lei-Lanilau’s ‘Ono Ono Girl’s Hula’
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Blake Smith
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The People Imagine a Vain Thing
A Short Story of Damnation in the American South
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Adam Pearson
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6
Everyone Once in Berlin
On Vincenzo Latronico’s ‘Perfection’
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Derek Neal
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The Graham Greene Gambit
On Susan Choi’s ‘Flashlight’
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Joel Cuthbertson
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1
The Lost Art of Evil
On Fernanda Melchor’s Circuits of Transgression
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Nicholas Rombes
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"Rural adventure II" and "After the Storm"
New Poetry from The Metropolitan Review
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Philip Traylen
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Erico Silva
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In Defense of Laughter
On Dave Barry
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Harry Cheadle
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July 2025

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