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Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Remarkably, it’s been nearly one year since The Metropolitan Review launched. In that short span of time, we’ve published the criticism, essays, fiction, and poetry that you can’t stop talking about. We’ve featured a news making interview with one of the titans of 20th-century journalism and an investigation into one famed writer’s final quest to publish what had been his unpublishable novel. Without your readership, none of this would be possible. Meanwhile, we’ve shaken up the world of literary criticism itself.
Before 2025 turns to 2026, we wanted to present you with our five most popular pieces. Each one is special in its own way. And each is a reminder of what TMR does differently than anyone else.
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Without further ado, here are TMR’s top five — the pieces that no one could look away from.
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