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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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6
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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12
Everyone Once in Berlin
On Vincenzo Latronico’s ‘Perfection’
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Derek Neal
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10
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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23
A Million Little Failures
On James Frey's 'Next to Heaven'
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Annie Fell
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18
Better to Be a Ghost
On Giorgio de Chirico's 'Hebdomeros'
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Elroy Rosenberg
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2
The Banality of Evil
On Samuél Lopez-Barrantes’ 'The Requisitions'
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Raina Lipsitz
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10
Bohemian Rhapsody
On David Polonoff's 'WannaBeat'
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Nick Dove
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5
The Silent Scream of Lonely Young Men
On ARX-Han's 'Incel'
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Daniel Martin
13
Watching Another Man Drown
On Alex Kazemi's 'New Millennium Boyz'
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Kevin M. Kearney
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13
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