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Charles Arrowsmith

Reviews • Features • Criticism

Review: The Gods of New York by Jonathan Mahler (Washington Post)

Sep 11

Review: The Gods of New York by Jonathan Mahler (Washington Post)

Review: The Gods of New York by Jonathan Mahler (Washington Post)

Review: Sick and Dirty by Michael Koresky (Washington Post)

Jul 8

Review: Sick and Dirty by Michael Koresky (Washington Post)

Review: Sick and Dirty by Michael Koresky (Washington Post)

Review: Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin (Washington Post)

Jun 10

Review: Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin (Washington Post)

Review: Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin (Washington Post)

Review: Books for Pride Month 2025 (Washington Post)

Jun 5

Review: Books for Pride Month 2025 (Washington Post)

Review: Books for Pride Month 2025 (Washington Post)

Review: Medicine River by Mary Annette Pemberton (LA Times)

Apr 21

Review: Medicine River by Mary Annette Pemberton (LA Times)

Review: Medicine River by Mary Annette Pemberton (LA Times)

Review: The Catastrophe Hour by Meghan Daum (LA Times)

Apr 11

Review: The Catastrophe Hour by Meghan Daum (LA Times)

Review: The Catastrophe Hour by Meghan Daum (LA Times)

Review: The Colony by Annika Norlin (LA Times)

Mar 20

Review: The Colony by Annika Norlin (LA Times)

Review: The Colony by Annika Norlin (LA Times)

Review: Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez (LA Times)

Feb 5

Review: Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez (LA Times)

Review: Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez (LA Times)

Review: Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation by Kenneth Turan (LA Times)

Jan 29

Review: Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation by Kenneth Turan (LA Times)

Review: Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation by Kenneth Turan (LA Times)

Review: The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir by Edmund White (The Times)

Jan 24

Review: The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir by Edmund White (The Times)

Review: The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir by Edmund White (The Times)

Review: How We Know Our Time Travelers by Anita Felicelli (LA Times)

Dec 18, 2024

Review: How We Know Our Time Travelers by Anita Felicelli (LA Times)

Review: How We Know Our Time Travelers by Anita Felicelli (LA Times)

Review: The Third Realm by Karl Ove Knausgaard (The Times)

Sep 28, 2024

Review: The Third Realm by Karl Ove Knausgaard (The Times)

Review: The Third Realm by Karl Ove Knausgaard (The Times)

Review: The Siege by Ben Macintyre (Washington Post)

Sep 20, 2024

Review: The Siege by Ben Macintyre (Washington Post)

Review: The Siege by Ben Macintyre (Washington Post)

Review: Small Rain by Garth Greenwell (Washington Post)

Sep 2, 2024

Review: Small Rain by Garth Greenwell (Washington Post)

Review: Small Rain by Garth Greenwell (Washington Post)

Review: What Can We Learn from the Founding Fathers? (Washington Post)

Jul 4, 2024

Review: What Can We Learn from the Founding Fathers? (Washington Post)

Review: What Can We Learn from the Founding Fathers? (Washington Post)

Review: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne (LA Times)

Films & Television

Jun 10, 2024

Review: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne (LA Times)

Review: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne (LA Times)

Review: Four Books for Pride Month (Washington Post)

Jun 8, 2024

Review: Four Books for Pride Month (Washington Post)

Review: Four Books for Pride Month (Washington Post)

Review: Thorn Tree by Max Ludington (LA Times)

Apr 13, 2024

Review: Thorn Tree by Max Ludington (LA Times)

Review: Thorn Tree by Max Ludington (LA Times)

Review: Change by Édouard Louis (Washington Post)

Mar 6, 2024

Review: Change by Édouard Louis (Washington Post)

Review: Change by Édouard Louis (Washington Post)

Review: The Bloodied Nightgown by Joan Acocella (LA Times)

Feb 26, 2024

Review: The Bloodied Nightgown by Joan Acocella (LA Times)

Review: The Bloodied Nightgown by Joan Acocella (LA Times)

Review: You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue (Washington Post)

Jan 8, 2024

Review: You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue (Washington Post)

Review: You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue (Washington Post)

Review: A Memoir of My Former Self by Hilary Mantel (Boston Globe)

Oct 25, 2023

Review: A Memoir of My Former Self by Hilary Mantel (Boston Globe)

Review: A Memoir of My Former Self by Hilary Mantel (Boston Globe)

Review: Blackouts by Justin Torres (Washington Post)

Oct 12, 2023

Review: Blackouts by Justin Torres (Washington Post)

Review: Blackouts by Justin Torres (Washington Post)

Review: Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger (LA Times)

Oct 6, 2023

Review: Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger (LA Times)

Review: Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger (LA Times)

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