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Hello, Nasty: Janet Jackson’s sound of rebellion
A new analysis of ‘The Velvet Rope’ shows the controversial artist in transition
Debut novel ‘Poly’ normalises masculine anxiety and open relationships
The ‘Black Panther’ star was also a role model to black youth
Australian gothic: ‘The Mother Fault’
Kate Mildenhall’s unrelenting thriller writes into the space between the domestic and the political
Thirty years on from the excoriating royal commission, two practitioners of deep sleep therapy seek redemption in a defamation case that again blames Scientologists for their downfall
Notes from a noticer: ‘The Details’
Tegan Bennett Daylight’s delicate and arresting essay collection draws attention to attention itself
Look back in horror: ‘Lovecraft Country’
The monsters are both supernatural and human in HBO’s recasting of the horror genre
Yours truly: Taylor Swift’s ‘folklore’
The singer-songwriter explores fictional selves on her tender-hearted eighth album
Kelly Reichardt’s restrained frontier film considers the uneasy problems of money and resources
The summer’s tale: On Ali Smith’s seasonal quartet
Addressing climate crisis and global pandemic, the concluding book in Ali Smith’s quartet reminds us that an ending is also a beginning