Our May 28 issue is now online, with Ben Tarnoff on Silicon Valley’s paterfamilias, Christopher de Bellaigue on Iran’s political future, Frances Wilson on Liza (with a “Z”), Christopher Tayler on Ben Lerner, Lynn Hunt on Marat’s afterlife, Charlie Lee on John Gregory Dunne’s descent into Vegas, Adam Hochschild on the dream of the Bundists, Nina Siegal on the real-life Hoosier Indiana Jones, Louisa Lim on contemporary Hong Kong literature, poems by Dan Chiasson and Emily Berry, and much more.

Ben Tarnoff
Whither the Nerd-Bully?

Bill Gates was the monopolistic father figure who Silicon Valley’s young founders rebelled against—and, in so rebelling, became.

Frances Wilson
Mommie Dearest

In Liza Minnelli’s riveting memoir, the ghost of Judy Garland is felt on every page.

Christopher Tayler
‘Facing the Past’

Ben Lerner’s dazzling new novel, Transcription, plays variations on the conflicts and bonds that are felt among three generations.

Nina Siegal
Indiana’s Indiana Jones

FBI agents who raided an Indiana farm in 2014 were astonished to find some 42,000 artifacts and bones looted by an amateur archaeologist.

On the NYR Online

David Cole
The Second ‘Redemption’

The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais deals a fatal blow to the Voting Rights Act, using reasoning that Congress rejected more than forty years ago.

Recently in the Review

Colin Powers
The Emirates on the Tightrope

For decades the UAE pursued vast ambitions for a regional maritime empire, at great human cost. Now many of those schemes have been thrown into crisis.

Fintan O’Toole
‘The Right Amount of Crazy’

In Trump’s strategy of feigning madness to get what he wants, there is no longer any border between pretense and actual irrationality.

New Subscriber Benefit!

Subscribers are now able to share unlocked versions of our articles with friends, family, and social media channels. When signed in to your account, look for this gift box icon in any of our articles.

Special Offer
Subscribe for just $1 an issue

Get the deal

Politics   Literature   Arts   Ideas

You are receiving this message because you signed up
for email newsletters from The New York Review.

Update your address or preferences

View this newsletter online

The New York Review of Books
207 East 32nd Street, New York, NY 10016-6305