RealClearBooks Week of February 9, 2026 Archives
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Monday, February 9
Kelefa Sanneh The New Yorker
Simon van Zuylen-Wood New York Magazine
Daniel McCarthy New York Post
Kevin M. Kearney The Republic of Letters
Alexander Sorondo Substack
Suzy Weiss The Free Press
Anthony Breznican Esquire
Michael M. Rosen Washington Free Beacon
Jared Gould Minding the Campus
Kite & Key Media RCP Video
Philip D. Bunn Acton Institute
Tuesday, February 10
Gideon Lewis-Kraus The New Yorker
Henry Begler A Good Hard Stare
Jerusalem Demsas The Argument
Matthew Gasda Cracks in Postmodernity
John Hirschauer City Journal
Cruz Bonlarron Martínez Jacobin
Andrew Keen Keen On America
Federico Perelmuter Poetry Foundation
Jonathan Turley New York Post
Wednesday, February 11
Robert Maranto RealClearBooks
Maria Albano The Spectator
Anthony Galluzzo & Matthew Gasda Romanticon
Stephen G. Adubato Cluny Journal
Isabel Jacobs Cleveland Review of Books
Seth Bockley The Metropolitan Review
John Waters & Adam Ellwanger RealClearPolitics
Carson Holloway Law & Liberty
Josh Tyrangiel The Atlantic
Nicholas Harris The New Statesman
Thursday, February 12
Shayla Love The New Yorker
Germán S. Díaz del Castillo First Things
Magdalene J. Taylor Many Such Cases
Benjamin Kunkel The Nation
Ilya Shapiro City Journal
Robert Rubsam The Baffler
Bart Schaneman The Republic of Letters
Michael Sebastian Esquire
Friday, February 13
David Remnick The New Yorker
Sam Jennings The Metropolitan Review
Oliver Bateman Oliver Bateman Does the Work
The Literarian Gazette The Republic of Letters
Christian Lorentzen Bookforum
Brian T. Allen National Review
Daniel Oppenheimer Eminent Americans
Hollis Robbins The Republic of Letters
Brian Davids The Hollywood Reporter
Dave Barry Dave Barry’s Substack
Joe Coward Cleveland Review of Books
Tyler Austin Harper The Atlantic
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