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The One That Got Away: Why James Wood is Wrong About Underworld (And Why Anyone Should Care)

Garth Risk Hallberg sorts out literary feuds, dissects James Wood’s essay against Don DeLillo’s 832-page opus Underworld, and argues that this book actually evolves the novel forward. [more]

Essay by Garth Risk Hallberg

Cogito, Ergo Doom: Exit Ghost and the Rest of Philip Roth’s Zuckerman Books

Barrett Hathcock reviews the new, final Zuckerman novel and considers Philip Roth from the standpoint of all nine. [more]

Essay by Barrett Hathcock

What are Prisons For?

Convicts write, and often very well. Scott Esposito discusses the state of America’s prisons and two new memoirs from Arizona’s prison writing program. [more]

Essay by Scott Esposito

A Pocket Full of Change: Trannies, Transformation, and the Gender Gap

Are two genders enough? Brien Michael wonders what two new books about men turning to women and women turning to men tell us about gender today. [more]

Essay by Brien Michael

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