RealClearBooks May 23, 2025 Archives

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Glass Century

Ross Barkan RealClearBooks

The Impossible Mission of Ending a Franchise

Adam Nayman The Ringer

The Rot at Disney Goes Deep

Steven Watts Compact

The Future of Reading

Wessie du Toit First Things

Can Indie Novels Save Our Minds?

Matthew Gasda UnHerd

The Work of Magazine Dreams

Oliver Bateman Oliver Bateman Does the Work

Can Criticism Survive Outside the University?

Multiple authors The Point’s Substack

ChatGPT Is a Gimmick

Jonathan Malesic Hedgehog Review

Close Reading Is For Everyone

Dan Sinykin Defector

The Point of Pissing People Off

Tara Isabella Burton Wisdom of Crowds

Can Tom Cruise Ever Stop Being Ethan Hunt?

Alexander Larman Prospect

On Sophie Madeline Dess’s 'What You Make of Me'

GD Dess Hobart

The Clash Within Civilizations

Heather Mac Donald The New Criterion

Jamieson Webster’s Elegant Meditation

Rachel Connolly The New Republic

Dave Barry Is 77 and Still a Clown, Here to Amuse You

Dwight Garner NYTimes

Michael Arkush's Excellent "The Golf 100"

John Tamny RealClearMarkets

21 Hottest Books of Summer 2025

Staff Kirkus Reviews

“Secret Mall Apartment,” a Protest for Place

Jack Hunter Modern Age