Before you start your spring cleaning this year, read ~poldec-tonteg article on the dystopian Marie Kondo empire: marsreview.org/p/the-life-cha…

.без телеологии delves into the world of the warez scene––a clandestine network of piracy groups specializing in the illicit distribution of digital media––via Martin Paul Eve: marsreview.org/p/the-warez-sc…

.Ross Barkan on how the noxious young man has been pushed to the periphery of the literary milieu: marsreview.org/p/where-have-a…

An article as relevant in today’s gooning-filled cyperspace as it was two years ago… Magdalene J. Taylor talks porn addiction and Jason Portnoy’s memoir: marsreview.org/p/whats-porn-g…

According to novalis, Bret Easton Ellis is "Proust on Quaaludes and tequila and coke": marsreview.org/p/violence-and…

.William M Briggs - Statistician to the Stars!'s satirical take on the public health measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that they failed to grasp the complexity of the virus: marsreview.org/p/a-peoples-hi…

.Tao Lin explores the historical evolution of autism diagnosis and treatment: marsreview.org/p/the-story-of…

.Alex Perez presents an overview of filmic depictions of Miami: marsreview.org/p/miami-splice

A reflection on Simone Weil's writings from the year of her death, by rose ❤️‍🔥🗡: marsreview.org/p/why-you-shou…

Vicariously experience some goth nostalgia through Carlos Dengler’s recounting of his time in New York City’s late-90s club scene: marsreview.org/p/bodies-of-th…

Sydney Mayfield Pollack on Lou Reed’s biography––in which “senior critic Will Hermes sees Lou Reed to be both Dr. Frankenstein and the monster Frankenstein created”: marsreview.org/p/going-electr…

Does Deborah Levy’s August Blue do justice to the rich literary history of the theme of the double? Find out what Ben Shields thinks: marsreview.org/p/double-downer

.Dr. Oskar Sarkon shares his encounter with Dexedrine––which he sees as a psyop implicated in the problems raised by the chaos and hyperreality of the modern world and the “spiritual zoomers” who must contend with it: marsreview.org/p/how-to-psyop…

After the mysterious death of young grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, Chess.com’s biggest influencers, including Hikaru Nakamura, have been quick to point the finger at Vladimir Kramnik who had recently gone on an anti-cheating crusade. Is this fair, or are their darker forces at play?

I loved getting Wired in the mail each month as a teenager. It changed me. Though I'm sad to see it go the way of Condé Nast's larger corpo-slop portfolio, there are other publications that partially pick up its mantle; aspects of The Mars Review of Books carry on the spirit.

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With your phone in your hands, you’ve got all the information in the world at your fingertips. So why do you feel so braindead? Philosopher Jared Henderson is also a master YouTuber. But he knows how to keep those realms separate. And that might be the key to the modern Good Life

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