Cleveland Review of Books

Comics in the Midwest: A Brief History of the Form

Mar 18

Mar 18 Comics in the Midwest: A Brief History of the Form

Frozen in Time: A Theory of National Stagnation

Mar 18

Mar 18 Frozen in Time: A Theory of National Stagnation

"The Best Book On Indiana": On John Bartlow Martin's "Indiana: An Interpretation"

Mar 8

Mar 8 "The Best Book On Indiana": On John Bartlow Martin's "Indiana: An Interpretation"

Midwest History, Reviews

A Wrinkle in the Mind: On Lynne Tillman's "American Genius"

Mar 7

Mar 7 A Wrinkle in the Mind: On Lynne Tillman's "American Genius"

Second Only to the President: Richard J. Daley in Mike Royko’s "Boss"

Mar 1

Mar 1 Second Only to the President: Richard J. Daley in Mike Royko’s "Boss"

Midwest History, Reviews

Paralysis Analysis: On Brad Phillips's "Essays & Fictions"

Feb 27

Feb 27 Paralysis Analysis: On Brad Phillips's "Essays & Fictions"

Darina Sikmashvili

CRB Podcast Episode 2 | Good Kids, Alt-Weeklies: An Interview with Kyle Swenson feat. Sam Allard and Eric Sandy

Feb 23

Feb 23 CRB Podcast Episode 2 | Good Kids, Alt-Weeklies: An Interview with Kyle Swenson feat. Sam Allard and Eric Sandy

Just Beyond the Frame: On Kyle Swenson’s “Good Kids, Bad City”

Feb 22

Feb 22 Just Beyond the Frame: On Kyle Swenson’s “Good Kids, Bad City”

Don’s Dirigible: On Mark Doten’s “Trump Sky Alpha”

Feb 20

Feb 20 Don’s Dirigible: On Mark Doten’s “Trump Sky Alpha”

Bruce Krajewski

CRB Podcast Episode 1 | Leaving Cleveland: An Interview with Chad Bilyeu

Feb 10

Feb 10 CRB Podcast Episode 1 | Leaving Cleveland: An Interview with Chad Bilyeu

How We’re Living Now: Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland and the “Clevelander”

Feb 6

Feb 6 How We’re Living Now: Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland and the “Clevelander”

Matt Morgenstern

About Time: On Marci Vogel’s "Death and Other Holidays"

Feb 1

Feb 1 About Time: On Marci Vogel’s "Death and Other Holidays"

The Rhetoric of the Russian Revolution: On Barbara C. Allen's "Leaflets of the Russian Revolution

Jan 30

Jan 30 The Rhetoric of the Russian Revolution: On Barbara C. Allen's "Leaflets of the Russian Revolution

Michael J. Corsi

An All-Encompassing Politics for a New World Altogether: On Jedediah Purdy’s "After Nature: A Politics for the Anthropocene"

Jan 25

Jan 25 An All-Encompassing Politics for a New World Altogether: On Jedediah Purdy’s "After Nature: A Politics for the Anthropocene"

Jacob Bruggeman

Haunted by Crimes of Racism: On Lawn Jockeys in a Northeast Ohio Suburb

Jan 21

Jan 21 Haunted by Crimes of Racism: On Lawn Jockeys in a Northeast Ohio Suburb

Shaped by Absence: Henrietta Goodman’s "All That Held Us"

Jan 18

Jan 18 Shaped by Absence: Henrietta Goodman’s "All That Held Us"

Conflict: Democracy and Pearl Jam’s Vs., 25 Years On

Jan 10

Jan 10 Conflict: Democracy and Pearl Jam’s Vs., 25 Years On

Reading Tarot in the Anthropocene: On Matt Stansberry and David Wilson's "Rust Belt Arcana"

Jan 7

Jan 7 Reading Tarot in the Anthropocene: On Matt Stansberry and David Wilson's "Rust Belt Arcana"

Pere Ubu Understands America and I Don't

Jan 4

Jan 4 Pere Ubu Understands America and I Don't

Born to Run: On Jana Beňová’s "Away! Away!"

Dec 30

Dec 30 Born to Run: On Jana Beňová’s "Away! Away!"

Michael Mungiello