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The Metropolitan Review (TMR) is hosting a launch party in Manhattan for its inaugural print issue, scheduled for Thursday at Hurley’s Saloon, 232 W. 48th Street. The event offers two ticket tiers—$20 for entry and $45 for entry plus a reserved copy of the limited 500‑copy print run. Over 100 tickets have already sold, and the venue is nearing capacity. Proceeds will fund the nonprofit magazine and compensate its contributing writers.
The Metropolitan Review has released its inaugural print issue, a 192‑page art‑object featuring an exclusive Gay Talese interview, the first republication of his lone fiction story, and contributions from writers such as Lillian Fishman, André Aciman, Tao Lin and Sherman Alexie. The magazine will sell...
Patti Smith, once heralded as a punk rock poet, has reinvented herself as a prolific memoirist. Over the past decade she published five prose works, culminating in 2023’s 'Bread of Angels', which stitches together her fragmented autobiographies. The books trace...
Joshua Doležal reviews Aymann Ismail’s memoir *Becoming Baba*, a candid account of navigating fatherhood, faith, and immigrant identity in America. The book traces Ismail’s childhood in Newark, his struggle between Islamic traditions and urban rebellion, and his evolving relationship with...
Eva Illouz’s sociological lens explains why *Fifty Shades of Grey* became a cultural megahit, arguing the novel dramatizes unresolved existential tensions of modern love. The book’s blend of BDSM erotica and self‑help promises temporary resolution of conflicts between autonomy and...
