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Despite seeming like a fresh start, Brand New Day is trapped in the Marvel vortex.
A new novel helps explain why so many storytellers enlist animal narrators to explore humanity.
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He talks about the Israel lobby the way he talks on the stump about nearly any other political issue. That’s the problem.
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The Newcomer

At 47, he’s a relative newcomer to politics—he was the head of Robin Hood, a poverty-fighting foundation, until 2021—but he’s ...
For the past few months, Iran has intermittently fought a war with the United States, Israel, and its Arab neighbors. But ...
Ian Bogost is a contributing writer at The Atlantic. He is the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & ...