Readings

The Hazlitt Offensive: Katie Crouch

Our new, trademark pending, Hazlitt questionnaire.

Cruising for the Real John Waters

John Waters can’t get a film financed, but he’s been making a good living as a “John Waters impersonator.” His latest book, Carsick, gives just a hint of who else he might be.

The Teenager, After McLuhan

Marshall McLuhan—whose Understanding Media turns 50 this year—described how media shaped the evolution of the teenager. What about teenagers these days?

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The Unlikely Surrealist: Geoff Dyer’s Subtly Weird Landscapes

Whether writing fiction, non-fiction, or something in between, Dyer manages to make the implausible possible. A few recent releases—two reissued novels and a new work of journalism—show the author at three distinct yet complementary apexes.