RealClearBooks February 18, 2026 Archives

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Emerald Fennell’s Pursuit of Provocation

Adam Nayman The Ringer

Peter Strausfeld, the Movie-Poster Master

Anthony Lane The New Yorker

Godardorama

Leo Robson New Left Review

America Needs a Better Meritocracy

Helen Andrews Compact

Why Is Everyone So Nice to Eileen Gu?

Mike Pesca The Free Press

On Patricia Lockwood

Meghana Kandlur Cleveland Review of Books

More Stars Are Flocking to International Cinema

Ellise Shafer & Elsa Keslassy Variety

“Wuthering Heights” Is for the TikTok Generation

Evie Solheim First Things

The Enemy of the Good

Nicholas Clairmont The Point

Exile's Reign

Archie Cornish The Metropolitan Review

Thomas Pynchon Saw American Fascism Coming

Ana Gavrilovska Current Affairs

Surprising Revival

Joel Kotkin & Bheki Mahlobo RealClearInvestigations

The Fallacy Fallacy

Maarten Boudry Persuasion

Robert Duvall Was One of the Hollywood Greats

Alexander Larman The Spectator

Comedy in a Country on Fire

Ron Charles Substack

There Is No Great Millennial Novel

Owen Yingling Magazine Non Grata

The Conservative Christian Literary Ecosystem

Nadya Williams Providence