The Metropolitan Review

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

Exploring the moral life at the intersection of religion and culture. Author/editor of ten books in theology/ethics. Words in Christianity Today, Christian Century, and on and on.

Nick Ripatrazone is the Culture Editor for Image Journal, and a Contributing Editor for the Catholic Herald of London. He has written for Rolling Stone, Esquire, GQ, and The Atlantic, and his most recent book is The Habit of Poetry.

Semi-retired art journalist (ARTnews, The Wall Street Journal). Now moving into fiction and memoir. Generally at the helm of a weekly Substack. Proudly childless cat lady.

I write about politics, tech, culture and legacy media.

Alexander Sorondo is the author of "Big Reader Bad Grades," a newsletter about books, culture, and work. His debut novel CUBAFRUIT came out in 2025. He works at a grocery store on Miami Beach.

I'm the author of ten books, including Leave Society, Trip, and Taipei. I live in Hawaii.

Now in over 260 lit mags in 21 countries with 3 poetry collections published in softcover by Cyberwit.net, the latest titled SOUL SONGS; and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, thrice for Best of the Net.

Stephen G. Adubato is a writer and professor of philosophy based in New York. He is also the curator of the Cracks in Postmodernity blog, podcast, and magazine. Follow him on Twitter @stephengadubato and Instagram @cracksinpomo

I'm a freelance writer living in London and I also teach English literature.

American writer in London - Associate Editor @ The Hinternet - Film Critic @ The Metropolitan Review.

Marginalia from a soldier’s education. Views my own.

Official Substack of John McMillian. Historian at Georgia State University. Companion of Foner (the dog). Books: @SimonBooks, @OxUniPress, @thenewpress. Bylines: @washingtonpost, @cityjournal, @theatlantic, @bostonglobe, @TheTLS, @wsj, and more.

Fiction Editor at The Metropolitan Review

Author of many stories and two novels: MOUNTAIN ROAD, LATE AT NIGHT and OUR LAST YEAR.

Screenwriter/director/general film guy. I write essays on some of my favourite works of art; films, music, books, paintings, whatever is capturing my mind most. Enjoy :)

I've written a couple of novels. The first one, Peterdown, won the McKitterick Prize. The second one, The Dice Was Loaded from the Start, is about generational fisticuffs in North London, and comes out in March 2026.

Michael Ledger-Lomas is a historian of religion from Vancouver, British Columbia. He writes about history, literature and faith for the London Review of Books, Jacobin and other publications and is at work on a book about Edwardians and gods.

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Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit.

Nominated for the Eric Hoffer Book Award, twice for the National Book Award and three times for the Pulitzer Prize, J.R. Solonche is the author of more than 50 books of poetry and coauthor of another. He lives in the Hudson Valley.

Seth Bockley is a writer of stage plays and screenplays, fiction, and poetry. He also directs and adapts literature for live performance.

Kiren Gopal is a consumer protection lawyer and policy strategist who writes about film, politics, and culture. Follow him at x.com/kirenitynow.