Ottessa Moshfegh and I used to work together at a tiny New York City publisher. Since then, she’s become an increasingly well-known fiction writer. Her last novel, Eileen, came close to winning the 2016 Booker Prize! Her latest novel, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, is a mesmerizing portrait of a woman’s attempt to—with the […]
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The Floor Pooping in My Year of Rest and Relaxation Feels Completely Normal
Interview: Ottessa Moshfegh on Her New Novel’s Deadpan Spin-Out
Ottessa Moshfegh on small press publishing, pupates and floor pooping.
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Interview with Pod Save America’s Dan Pfeiffer on Yes We (Still) Can, Obama’s Savvy Court Skills, and Hope for the 2018 Election
Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump by Dan Pfeiffer is an enjoyable voyage through the Obama years, and chock-full of advice on how to cope with the Trump years. Pfeiffer brings a thrilling view of the 2008 Obama campaign, his time in the Communications Department of the White […]
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Anti-Trump Book Club: Interview with Pod Save America’s Dan Pfeiffer
Yes We (Still) Can, Obama’s Savvy Court Skills, and Hope for the 2018 Election
Interview with Pod Save America’s Dan Pfeiffer on Yes We (Still) Can, Obama’s savvy court skills, and hope for the 2018 election.
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The Anti-Trump Book Club: Russian Roulette
Twelve Books Russian Roulette is a compelling and deftly written compilation of what we already know about the Trump-Russia affair. Outside of a few gems, the book—written by veteran investigative reporters Michael Isikoff and David Corn—contains many of the names and vignettes any hardcore viewer of MSNBC will already be familiar with. Still, it is […]
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The Anti-Trump Book Club: Russian Roulette
Isikoff and Corn’s Book Compiles What We Know About the Trump-Russia Affair
Michael Isikoff and David Corn’s book compiles what we know about the Trump-Russia affair.
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The Anti-Trump Book Club Returns with Luke Harding’s Collusion
It’s impossible for any book to keep pace with the breakneck speed of the Trump-era news cycle. Every day is, seemingly, another insane news day. But for anyone looking for a broad overview of what we know about the case for collusion with Russia, there’s a great book now available in paperback. In its most […]
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The Anti-Trump Book Club
Collusion, Impeachment Porn, and Things Said Over Beers
Collusion, impeachment porn, and things said over beers.
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Introducing: The Mercury‘s Anti-Trump Book Club
Join us, won’t you? The Anti-Trump Book Club is a new monthly column wherein reviewer Jim Behrle will walk us through literature that’s critical of the Racist-Grandpa-in-Chief. Follow along this month as Jim takes on Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury. —Eds. There must be a German word fit to describe the experience of reading Fire […]
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Introducing the Anti-Trump Book Club
Fire, Fury, and Why You Should Never Tell the American People What They Shouldn’t Read
Fire, Fury, and why you should never tell the American people what they shouldn’t read.