science fiction How "The Gone World" twists time travel into a thrilling, mind-bending mystery Yoy Luadha
Review "Kanaval: A People's History of Haiti in Six Chapters"is a great documentary on revelry and the past Natalie Dressed
books Tears of the Trufflepig is a head-shakingly brilliant novel about contraband animals, Mexico and a labyrinthine conspiracy Elías Villoro
books NYT review of: "Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America" Mark Frauenfelder
Reviews Makita's battery-powered coffee maker reviewed: "I don't understand why this exists" Rob Beschizza
music The Judy's: Punk/New Wave spawned from a Texas suburb "transcending nostalgia's sterilization." Elías Villoro
books "Under The Banner of King Death" puts pirates in their place — in the history of workers' rights Thom Dunn