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Author: Raymond Cummings

The Nineties
NON-FICTION 

Chuck Klosterman Remembers ‘The Nineties’

February 8, 2022April 3, 2022 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Chuck Klosterman, David Halberstam, Generation X, The Fifties, The Nineties

The author revisits a weird, hybrid decade during which it seemed like nothing was happening, but everything was actually starting to happen

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The Every
FICTION 

Bow Down Before ‘The Every’

November 16, 2021April 3, 2022 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1984, Dave Eggers, The Circle, The Every

In Dave Eggers’s sequel to ‘The Circle,’ a corporation grows bigger and more powerful, and everyone just falls in line

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Joan Didion
NON-FICTION 

Joan Didion in Winter

February 10, 2021February 12, 2021 Raymond Cummings 1 Comment Ernest Hemingway, Joan Didion, Let Me Tell You What I Mean, Political Fictions, Tony Richardson

‘Let Me Tell You What I Mean’, by literature’s coolest customer

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Agency by William Gibson
FICTION 

William Gibson’s Alternate Realities

February 25, 2020February 24, 2020 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Agency, Neuromancer, The Jackpot, The Peripheral, William Gibson

A review of ‘Agency,’ the middle book in his current cyber-thriller trilogy

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NON-FICTION Politics 

Keep Your Eye on the Farrow

November 4, 2019November 5, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Asia Argento, Catch and Kill, Harvey Weinstein, Hillary Clinton, Jon Lovett, Matt Lauer, Mina Sorvino, Ronan Farrow, Rose McGowan

Ronan the Accuser: ‘Catch and Kill’ is a Terrifying, Paranoid Study in Power

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FICTION 

‘The Nickel Boys’

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead’s Swift, Brutish Followup to ‘The Underground Railroad’

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CREATORS NON-FICTION Writers 

When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong

May 3, 2019May 4, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero, White

Why ‘White,’ Bret Easton Ellis’s First Non-Fiction Collection, Ultimately Derails

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FICTION 

The Inscrutable Ann Beattie

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments A Wonderful Stroke Of Luck, Ann Beattie

Her Latest Novel, Enigmatic as Usual

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The Border Novel
FICTION 

Legends of the Drug War

March 11, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Don Winslow, The Border, The Cartel, The Power Of The Dog

You Can’t Look Away From ‘The Border,’ Don Winslow’s Powerful Conclusion to His Narco-Saga Trilogy

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Stories Friday Black Cover
FICTION 

Future Present, Future Schlock

October 31, 2018 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments

‘Friday Black’ By Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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Featured Stories

The BFG Raygun Interview
DOCUMENTARY Featured Stories FILM 

The BFG Raygun Interview

September 11, 2026September 14, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0

Australia’s most famous breakdancer talks about the Olympics and ‘Untold: Raygun: Breaking Badly’

‘The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias’ Preaches Radical Pessimism at the End of the World
DOCUMENTARY Featured Stories FILM 

‘The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias’ Preaches Radical Pessimism at the End of the World

September 9, 2026September 14, 2026 Austin Tannenbaum 0
A Spinoza professor undergoes an existential crisis in ‘The Basics of Philosophy’
Featured Stories FILM 

A Spinoza professor undergoes an existential crisis in ‘The Basics of Philosophy’

September 8, 2026September 11, 2026 Austin Tannenbaum 0
There’s No Need To Hide Your ‘Lion’ Eyes
Featured Stories NON-FICTION Streaming TELEVISION 

There’s No Need To Hide Your ‘Lion’ Eyes

September 7, 2026September 11, 2026 Robert Dean 0

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