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Jordan S. Carroll reviews Anthony Galluzzo’s “Against the Vortex: ‘Zardoz’ and Degrowth Utopias in the Seventies and Today.”...
Jordan S. Carroll reviews Anthony Galluzzo’s “Against the Vortex: ‘Zardoz’ and Degrowth Utopias in the Seventies and Today.”...
Red Moon (2015), acrylic on linen canvas, 97 x 97 cm; White Cross (1968), oil on lead primed linen canvas, 45.5 x 45.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Ayyam Gallery.
Merry White and Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft discuss their new book “Ways of Eating: Exploring Food Through History and Culture.”...
Julie E. Cooper explores the collapse, in the wake of October 7, of traditional Zionist narratives about the presumed protections of the Jewish nation-state....
J. D. Connor explains what Fox’s game show “Snake Oil,” Disney’s film “Haunted Mansion,” and NBC’s crime series “The Irrational” have in common....
Eileen G’Sell reviews Nathaniel Rosenthalis’s “The Leniad,” Jana Prikryl’s “Midwood,” and Dorothea Lasky’s “The Shining.”...
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Kate Manne argues that contemporary philosophy has a trans problem....
Todd May argues that we should resist echo chambers that reinforce our beliefs by taking a step back, taking a deep breath, and taking stock....
Andrew Holter interviews Will Hermes about his new biography “Lou Reed: King of New York."...
Jonathan Lewis explores the importance of transformation to confront trauma and conflict in Nnedi Okorafor’s compelling new speculative novel, “Like Thunder.”...
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