Why did this year's Tournament of Books care so much about men?
Or: Why were the only books that got praised for being "about men" the grim, airless ones?
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Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Four
It's Eschaton time!! (Oh, and also David Foster Wallace predicts Trump.)
We Call It Love: A Transracial Adoptee Celebrates Hedwig and the Angry Inch at 25
"Hedwig wasn't a window into another world; it was a portal back to myself."
Episodes Monday Rundown August 10–16 2026
This week: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Spider-Man, and the Winnie-the-Pooh hot takes you've been waiting for.
August mailbag! (preview)
A little preview of this month's mailbag!