What is The Metropolitan Review?
We are a culture and review publication founded by Ross Barkan, Lou Bahet, Sam Kahn, and David Roberts. We publish book reviews, literary criticism, essays, and reviews of film and television. In a tech-addled, philistine-friendly world, we seek to reinvigorate high culture, and we believe we will. Join us.
If you’d like to write or just argue, drop us a line at editors@metropolitanreview.com.
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The Editors
LOU BAHET · Founder & Managing Editor
ROSS BARKAN · Founder & Editor
SAM KAHN · Founder & Editor
DAVID ROBERTS · Founder & Senior Advisor
DJANGO ELLENHORN · Associate Editor
JULIUS TARANTO · Associate Editor
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The Metropolitan Review is a books and culture review magazine founded in 2025.
My next novel, Glass Century, will be published in May. I'm a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, a columnist for New York Magazine, and a columnist for the New Statesman. In 2025, I co-founded The Metropolitan Review
