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Review: Michael Robbins on John Berger
Berger is faithful throughout his work to the idea that looking at the world can lead to changing it
Jun 11
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Notebook: On Reviewing
I wrote this Notebook for “Viva la Book Review,” a nonprofit that supports book reviews in print, digital, and audio media.
Jun 7
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Ann Kjellberg
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Review: Andrew Hui on the Art of Color
Andrew Hui reviews Nabil Ali’s "Gold from Newton's Apple Tree: Historical Recipes for Natural Inks, Paints, and Dyes"
Jun 4
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May 2026
Review: Jean McGarry on Camus
I had relished the notebooks Camus wrote in his twenties, read when I was just as young. Encountering a new, much-expanded edition now in a different…
May 27
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Review: Sarah Ruden on Emily Brontë
The overriding reason to persist in trying to know the shadowy Emily is her singularity and impressiveness
May 21
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Review: Joy Williams on Jón Kalman Stefánsson
A perfect little novel
May 14
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Notebook: Alt Writing III
Critics’ Uncertainty Principle: Is the character of culture altered by being observed?
May 6
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Ann Kjellberg
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Notebook: Alt Writing II
Alt weeklies were natural critics of the media and establishments, natural workshops of a writer-driven style
May 5
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Ann Kjellberg
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Notebook: Alt Writing I
Finding writers, placing writing, on street-corners and in hidden byways
May 4
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Ann Kjellberg
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April 2026
Review: Roland Allen on the Libraries of Timbuktu
How a polyglot destination for thirsty long-distance trade caravans became a centuries-old sanctuary for books
Apr 29
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Diary: Clare Carlisle, Writing a Whole Life
A biographer's subject matter is typically a whole life. What is that?
Apr 22
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Review: Abby Rosebrock on Nancy Lemann
Deceptively comedic work that smuggles within it challenging revelations
Apr 15
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