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Jia Tolentino’s ‘Trick Mirror’ Is a Studied Index of Contemporary Ills

Jia Tolentino’s ‘Trick Mirror’ Is a Studied Index of Contemporary Ills

Jia Tolentino's first collection of essays, Trick Mirror, expertly navigates how the byproducts of capitalism and the Internet permeate culture, values, politics, and the daily lives of people worldwide.

‘Lake Success’ Is a Picaresque Journey to Nowhere

‘Lake Success’ Is a Picaresque Journey to Nowhere

Gary Shteyngart's state of the nation satire about a billionaire on the run doesn't tell us much about anything.

A Mythical Memoir that Draws the Undrawable: ‘Passing for Human’

A Mythical Memoir that Draws the Undrawable: ‘Passing for Human’

Liana Finck dazzles with her minimalist lines, which include the simple grids of her panels and gutters. Her plot is an artist's plot, a kind of mystery or vision quest.

David Lynch and Kristine McKenna’s ‘Room to Dream’ Never Awakens

David Lynch and Kristine McKenna’s ‘Room to Dream’ Never Awakens

The legendary director behind Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, and Mulholland Drive joins co-author Kristine McKenna for a unique blend of autobiography and biography that does little to solve the mysteries of his life and work.

A Kind of Music: Interview with Author David Mitchell