The Metropolitan Review

The Metropolitan Review is a books and culture review magazine founded in 2025.

Author of six books, including GLASS CENTURY and COLOSSUS. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Metropolitan Review. Words in many places.

York Underwood is a writer. He lives in Reykjavik, Iceland with his family.

writer

I write about literature, film, sports...and whatever else I'm interested in. Find my pieces in The New Statesman, The Point, The Metropolitan Review, The Republic of Letters, 3 Quarks Daily, and right here.

American writer in London - Associate Editor @ The Hinternet - Film Critic @ The Metropolitan Review - General Editor @ You Go to My Head.

I'm a novelist, linguist, editor, and geographer. You can find my work at my Substack, Lakefront Review of Books, and at my blog, Lakefront Linguist.

American writer

Author of Making Sentences, a newsletter for making sense of the written world. Subscribe for a clear way into great books. New posts every week with references from Shakespeare to The Simpsons.

Manuel M. Novillo escribe ensayos, reflexiones e historias. Su último libro es el poemario “Un invierno fuera de casa” (2023). Además enseña derecho y teoría política. Vive en Tucumán, Argentina.

Style Critic at the Metropolitan Review, where I write about art, fashion, and culture.

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prosing and poesing, here and elsewhere /// Stack: Magic Against Death /// plays @forgery.collective

Reader, Writer

I'm the author of Mean Boys (Bloomsbury, 2024). I've written for The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Artforum, The Guardian. I co-edited Writing on Raving (O/R Books, 2025).

A writer and poet from Cobourg, Ontario, currently based in Gatineau, Quebec. My work explores the intersections of politics, memory, and place across journalism, creative writing, and academic research.

M. D. Bennett is a freelance writer and editor at Breakwater Editorial and publisher at Pickle Fork Press.

Ilana Weinstein is the author of When I Became Light (2023), a poetry collection chronicling her own coming of age in her favorite city. You can connect with her via email at [email protected] or at @poemsbyilana on Instagram.

Adam Straus is a Marine veteran. The author of Remedial Action (University of Nevada Press, 2027), his work has appeared in The Iowa Review, The Missouri Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. Adam lives in Philadelphia with his wife

Julia M. Klein, a cultural reporter and critic in Philadelphia, writes for The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and other publications.