You’re willing to go with Palmer’s narrator on his existential quest, and entertain his lofty meta-critiques on contemporary culture.

Brennan is convincing in his rendering of a self-critical intellectual who opened the world’s mind to the impact of language and art.

It must be said from the outset that Mac Aogáin’s writing is beyond classification.

Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America brings us to now, the intersectionality of the historical and present.

Double Chiaroscuro: A Review of Balzac’s Lives by Peter Brooks

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