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International LiteratureNon-fictionPoliticsThe Colophon

Men behaving badly, part one: George Santos

November 30, 2023December 7, 2023

Chiusano's portrait of a younger Santos is of someone painfully insecure, thin skinned, and desperate for some kind of validation and acceptance.

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FilmNon-fictionThe Colophon

Matt Singer’s book about Siskel & Ebert’s influence on film criticism is heavy on gossip, light on actual criticism

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023

Singer generally adopts the pose of the fan rather than the critic.

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CanLitNon-fictionThe Colophon

In two new books, journalist and essayist Lisa Whittington-Hill examines the perils facing women in pop culture

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023

Whittington-Hill incisively illustrates the various double standards women face as figures in the public eye.

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CanLitNon-fictionThe Colophon

Naomi Klein gets personal, travels down the rabbit hole in her new book, Doppelganger

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023

Klein's sprawling, anxious, scattershot approach to her material offers an objective correlative of what she claims was her mental state leading up to the writing of the book.

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International LiteratureNon-fictionThe Colophon

Michael Wolff’s book about Fox News is full of dishy gossip, but suffers from false equivalency

September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

Wolff is not interested in a sober analysis of Fox News and its pernicious effect on the American polity.

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Non-fictionTechnologyThe Colophon

Breaking up is hard to do: Cory Doctorow argues for the end of corporate concentration online in his new manifesto

September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

What really exercises Doctorow is the monopolistic power Big Tech exerts in locking users into their services by means of exorbitant switching costs.

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International LiteratureNon-fictionPoliticsThe Colophon

Terror’s long tail: Jeffrey Toobin revisits the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to trace the growing roots of right-wing U.S. extremism

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023

There is a direct line between the Oklahoma City bombing and the Capitol insurrection of January 6, 2021.

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CanLitNon-fictionThe Colophon

“An instrument of empowerment”: Hugh Stephens offers a rationale for a robust Canadian copyright system

July 20, 2023July 20, 2023

The Canadian situation is in stark contrast to other Western countries that have more robust copyright protections.

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International LiteratureNon-fictionThe Colophon

For art’s sake: Michael Finkel examines the life and crimes of the world’s most prolific art thief

July 4, 2023July 4, 2023

Ultimately, Breitweiser's psychology remains something of a mystery.

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MusicNon-fictionThe Colophon

“Why don’t you just put out those demos?”: Bruce Springsteen, creative tension, and the accidental creation of a musical masterpiece

June 12, 2023June 12, 2023

Zanes is familiar with the technical aspects of production, and his descriptions of how Nebraska was captured on tape provide some of the most fascinating moments in his book.

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