The Truths of Our American Empire
Jonathan Blitzer’s new book deftly explains the impact of decades of US foreign policy on Central America, but fails to move beyond the troubled terrain of our immigration policy “crisis.”
April 18, 2024 issue
The Corruption Playbook
Donald Trump’s plan to destroy civil service protections if reelected is more than an employees’ rights issue. What’s at stake is democracy itself.
April 18, 2024 issue
Poem & Prayer
Despite the gravity of subjects in Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr!, which include addiction and an obsession with the metaphysical, what makes the novel feel light is its bravado, buoyancy, and innovative form.
April 18, 2024 issue
Human Resources
In her new novel, Adelle Waldman gambles that it’s possible to draw out the interiority of her characters mainly by sketching their working conditions.
April 18, 2024 issue
Furious Stasis
Verdi’s sprawling opera La Forza del Destino draws its power from asymmetry, arbitrary juxtapositions, and extreme situations.
April 18, 2024 issue
Free from the Archives
Charles Komanoff: Doing Without Nuclear Power“The case for nuclear power has always rested on two claims: that reactors were reasonably safe and that they were indispensable as a source of energy. Now the accident at Three Mile Island has shaken the first claim, and we will soon have to face the flaws in the second.”
Advertisement
The latest releases from New York Review Books
Subscribe and save 50%!
Get immediate access to the current issue and over 25,000 articles from the archives, plus the NYR App.
Already a subscriber? Sign in