The Fortnightly Review
Joshua Corey, Paige BlackburnThe object of THE FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW is to become the organ of the unbiassed expression of many and various minds on topics of general interest in Politics, Literature, Philosophy, Science, and Art.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 147 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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Three Fictions by Mark Valentine
From The Book of Bread, Owen Simmons, 1903
Mannequin
The mannequin’s head wore a pair of sunglasses and a faux fur cap, like a glamorous East European femme fatale in a Cold War thriller. Her cold blue eyes surveyed the scene. There w...
"The Scrying Mirror," "Butchery," and Four Other Poems by Helen Ivory and Martin Figura
From “The World Turned Upside Down”, Chapbooks of the Eighteenth Century
The Scrying Mirror
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You schooled me in the proper preparations
of a sc...
Overshadowed Supernova: On Stephen Greenblatt
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival by Stephen Greenblatt
W.W. Norton & Company, 2025 / 352 PP / $31.99
ISBN 978-0393882278
Review by Amit Majmudar
Christopher Marlowe came to...
Translation: Six Poems by Mariusz Grzebalski
“Francis Porter & bicycle, August 15, 1898”, Theresa Babb
Mariusz Grzebalski is one of Poland’s most important poets, editors, and publishers (he directs the WBPiCAK publishing house in Poznań). Having translated and published nearly a doz...
Love in the Time of Magical Realism: On Kiran Desai
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, by Kiran Desai.
Hogarth, September 23, 2025 '/ 688 PP / $32.00
ISBN 9780307700155
Review by Dinitia Smith
Kiran Desai’s epic new novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, tells the story of tw...
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Author of THE LAST WORDS OF JACK RUBY, a novel, and other things. Editor-in-Chief of The Fortnightly Review. Professor of English at Lake Forest College.
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