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The Bloody Love of Poe
On Richard Kopley’s ‘Edgar Allan Poe: A Life’
Sep 24 • Kazuo Robinson and The Metropolitan Review
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AI, Impressionism, and the Fleeting Now
On Gustave Caillebotte and the Art to Come
Sep 22 • Denise S. Robbins and The Metropolitan Review
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15
Chubby Bunny
A Short Story on America
Sep 20 • Hyun Woo Kim and The Metropolitan Review
63
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The Whimper After the Bang
On Sayaka Murata’s ‘Vanishing World’ and Birth Rate Fiction
Sep 19 • Lillian Wang Selonick and The Metropolitan Review
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Against Literature
On Adolfo Bioy Casares’ ‘Borges’
Sep 17 • Manuel M. Novillo and The Metropolitan Review
102
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Fiction in Review
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The Whimper After the Bang
On Sayaka Murata’s ‘Vanishing World’ and Birth Rate Fiction
Sep 19 • Lillian Wang Selonick and The Metropolitan Review
49
17
Manic Pixie Dream Bestie
On Stephanie Wambugu’s ‘Lonely Crowds’
Sep 15 • Gideon Leek and The Metropolitan Review
34
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The Good Cop Problem
On Melanie Anagnos’ ‘Nightswimming’
Sep 5 • Stuart Ross and The Metropolitan Review
47
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Cocktail Horror
On Alexander Sorondo’s ‘Cubafruit’
Sep 1 • Adam Pearson and The Metropolitan Review
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A Jaunty Descent Into Expat Hell
On Chris Tharp’s ‘The Cuttlefish’
Aug 29 • The Wayback Machine and The Metropolitan Review
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Non-Fiction in Review
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The Bloody Love of Poe
On Richard Kopley’s ‘Edgar Allan Poe: A Life’
Sep 24 • Kazuo Robinson and The Metropolitan Review
30
3
Against Literature
On Adolfo Bioy Casares’ ‘Borges’
Sep 17 • Manuel M. Novillo and The Metropolitan Review
102
13
A Cat Chasing a Laser Beam
On Edwin Frank’s ‘Stranger Than Fiction’
Aug 25 • Ena Alvarado and The Metropolitan Review
43
4
Paradise Lost
On Michael Grynbaum’s ‘Empire of the Elite’
Aug 20 • Sav Huitema and The Metropolitan Review
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The Wandering Fascist
On the New Translation of Maurizio Serra’s ‘Malaparte: A Biography’
Jul 25 • Tobias Carroll and The Metropolitan Review
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Essays
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AI, Impressionism, and the Fleeting Now
On Gustave Caillebotte and the Art to Come
Sep 22 • Denise S. Robbins and The Metropolitan Review
54
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The Power of Art in the AI Age
On 21st-Century Painting and the Backlash Against the Thinking Machines
Sep 12 • Megan Gafford and The Metropolitan Review
89
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The Woes of Slight Autism
On Emmett Rensin’s ‘The Complications’ and Life on the Spectrum
Sep 10 • Stephen G. Adubato and The Metropolitan Review
78
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To Go Big or Come Home?
On the Writing Life With Major and Indie Publishers
Sep 3 • Tom McAllister and The Metropolitan Review
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The Prophet and the Barbarians
On Sam Kriss
Aug 18 • Thomas Peermohamed Lambert and The Metropolitan Review
202
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Film & Television
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The Cult of Black and White
On the Films of the Golden Age
Sep 8 • Anita Bushell and The Metropolitan Review
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The Mighty Kubrick
On 'Barry Lyndon' at 50
Aug 22 • Sam Jennings and The Metropolitan Review
100
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We Are Superman
On James Gunn’s 'Superman'
Jul 30 • Sam Jennings and The Metropolitan Review
65
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Model Collapse
On Jesse Armstrong's 'Mountainhead'
Jun 25 • Katya Grishakova and The Metropolitan Review
59
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The Art of Letting Go
On Bill Burr's 'Drop Dead Years'
Jun 24 • Peter James and The Metropolitan Review
148
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Fiction
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Chubby Bunny
A Short Story on America
Sep 20 • Hyun Woo Kim and The Metropolitan Review
63
20
The Death of the Artist
A Short Story of Contemporary Art
Sep 6 • Sam Jennings and The Metropolitan Review
65
15
The Death of the Author
A Short Story of Rebellion
Aug 23 • Caleb Caudell and The Metropolitan Review
75
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The People Imagine a Vain Thing
A Short Story of Damnation in the American South
Aug 9 • Adam Pearson and The Metropolitan Review
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Bloodline
An Excerpt from Lee Clay Johnson's New Novel
Jul 26 • The Metropolitan Review and Lee Clay Johnson
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Poetry
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"Fish, Stone, River, O" and "The Long Way In"
New Poetry from The Metropolitan Review
Sep 14 • The Metropolitan Review, Marcela Sulak, and Jason Barry
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"Bellies"
A Lyric Essay
Aug 31 • The Metropolitan Review and Eric Janken
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"Pink Toenails" and "Crowd"
New Poetry from The Metropolitan Review
Aug 17 • Jonah Raskin, D. Eric Parkison, and The Metropolitan Review
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"Rural adventure II" and "After the Storm"
New Poetry from The Metropolitan Review
Aug 3 • Philip Traylen, Erico Silva, and The Metropolitan Review
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"The Gulf of Maine" and "Wind and Waves"
New Poetry from The Metropolitan Review
Jul 20 • Mari Pack, Buku Sarkar, and The Metropolitan Review
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