Black and white portrait of an older man with glasses and curly hair in front of a cracked wall.

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George Scialabba

George Scialabba is a book critic and retired building manager at Harvard University. His reviews have appeared in the Boston Globe, Dissent, the Nation, and many other publications. His latest collection, The Sealed Envelope, was published by Yale University Press in January 2026.