RealClearBooks January 2, 2026 Archives

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The Psychology of Fashion

Leslie Jamison The New Yorker

The Irresistible Urge to Anoint the Spurs

Danny Chau The Ringer

A Bizarre, Challenging Book More People Should Read

Robert Rubsam The Atlantic

When New Art’s Really Old

Brian T. Allen National Review

The Stranger You Can Trust

Larissa Phillips The Free Press

Only Real Masculinity Can Overcome Groyperism

Justin Lee The American Mind

Quentin Tarantino Says These Seven Films are Perfect

Lucy Ford GQ

A New Year’s Resolution Conservatives Should Keep

David P. Deavel AMAC

The Timmy Hustle Paid Off for 'Marty Supreme'

Chris Lee Vulture

Wes Anderson’s Potemkin Movies

Darran Anderson UnHerd

The Unlovable Ping-Pong Wizard of 'Marty Supreme'

Eileen Jones Jacobin

Why Secondhand Is Now Better Than New

Ted Gioia The Honest Broker

Finn Wolfhard Finally Left Hawkins, Indiana. What Now?

Josh Rosenberg Esquire

Planned Man's Links of the Day

Podcast: Battle of the Memes (Part II) by The Everyman

Available this week: "Writer's Diary" by Matthew Gasda

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