Separator
Max Pearl, Noah HurowitzThis is Separator, a newsletter mostly about books. It's written by Max Pearl, an independent critic for the Guardian, the Nation, the Baffler, and others.
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I’m Max Pearl, an independent critic for sites like the Guardian, New York and the Baffler. This is Separator, a newsletter mostly about books, edited by Noah Hurowitz.
Noah Hurowitz is a journalist in NYC. He is the author of a 2021 book about El Chapo and the war on drugs, and his work has appeared in The Intercept, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Business Insider, and more.
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