Cleveland Review of Books

United in Music and Tragedy: On Jeff Jackson’s "Destroy All Monsters: The Last Rock Novel"

Dec 6

Dec 6 United in Music and Tragedy: On Jeff Jackson’s "Destroy All Monsters: The Last Rock Novel"

Pictures at an Execution: On Lev Ozerov's "Portraits Without Frames"

Dec 4

Dec 4 Pictures at an Execution: On Lev Ozerov's "Portraits Without Frames"

Alexander McConnell

Holy Wars: On Football Rivalries Between Ohio Catholic High Schools

Nov 29

Nov 29 Holy Wars: On Football Rivalries Between Ohio Catholic High Schools

Vince Guerrieri

Nov 23

Nov 23 Betsy

Griffin Reister Johnson

Demystifying Daddy: A conversation with Brian Abrams about his book, "Obama: An Oral History"

Nov 21

Nov 21 Demystifying Daddy: A conversation with Brian Abrams about his book, "Obama: An Oral History"

The Right to Move: On Mimi Sheller’s “Mobility Justice: The Politics of Movement in an Age of Extremes”

Nov 16

Nov 16 The Right to Move: On Mimi Sheller’s “Mobility Justice: The Politics of Movement in an Age of Extremes”

The Damned Love Their Department Stores: "The Damnation of Theron Ware"

Nov 14

Nov 14 The Damned Love Their Department Stores: "The Damnation of Theron Ware"

The End of White Innocence: On Eula Biss' "Notes From No Man's Land"

Nov 9

Nov 9 The End of White Innocence: On Eula Biss' "Notes From No Man's Land"

Surabhi Balachander

“Crashes happen when a person gets hit by remembering”: On Brielle Brilliant's "The Spud"

Nov 6

Nov 6 “Crashes happen when a person gets hit by remembering”: On Brielle Brilliant's "The Spud"

Reckoning with Woman’s Body: On Anne Serre’s "The Governesses"

Nov 2

Nov 2 Reckoning with Woman’s Body: On Anne Serre’s "The Governesses"

Brianna Di Monda

On Grief: Or, the Difference Between Loss and the Payment of Debts

Oct 31

Oct 31 On Grief: Or, the Difference Between Loss and the Payment of Debts

Andrés Emil González

Cosmic Horror at a Crossroads: Revisiting Thomas Ligotti’s “The Conspiracy Against the Human Race”

Oct 29

Oct 29 Cosmic Horror at a Crossroads: Revisiting Thomas Ligotti’s “The Conspiracy Against the Human Race”

Against Nature: On Laboria Cuboniks' "Xenofeminist Manifesto"

Oct 25

Oct 25 Against Nature: On Laboria Cuboniks' "Xenofeminist Manifesto"

Koby L. Omansky

When It Regards Poetry: On Anne Boyer's "A Handbook of Disappointed Fate"

Oct 23

Oct 23 When It Regards Poetry: On Anne Boyer's "A Handbook of Disappointed Fate"

Alexander Diones

Freedom and Information: On Anabel Hernández's “A Massacre in Mexico”

Oct 17

Oct 17 Freedom and Information: On Anabel Hernández's “A Massacre in Mexico”

A Template for Displacement Narratives: On Daniel Kay Hertz's "The Battle of Lincoln Park"

Oct 16

Oct 16 A Template for Displacement Narratives: On Daniel Kay Hertz's "The Battle of Lincoln Park"

This Is Not a Coming Out Story: On Jenny Hval’s "Paradise Rot"

Oct 15

Oct 15 This Is Not a Coming Out Story: On Jenny Hval’s "Paradise Rot"

Drones and Dreamers: On Mark O'Connell's “To Be a Machine” and Corey Pein's “Live Work Work Work Die”

Oct 12

Oct 12 Drones and Dreamers: On Mark O'Connell's “To Be a Machine” and Corey Pein's “Live Work Work Work Die”

Essays, Reviews

On the Creative Destruction of Everything: On Oli Mould's "Against Creativity"

Oct 9

Oct 9 On the Creative Destruction of Everything: On Oli Mould's "Against Creativity"

Listening for the Heart: On Brian Phillips' "Impossible Owls"

Oct 6

Oct 6 Listening for the Heart: On Brian Phillips' "Impossible Owls"

Thomas Mira y Lopez