Archive

Digital Democracy: Inside the French Presidential Elections
"On May 6th, a new breed of digital nightingale chirped all night, their echoes sketching a vast and cozy nest all over France."
Cécile AlduyMay 11, 2012
Paranormal Activity
"'The Vanishers' is not a story of happy girliness, and its hue is certainly not pink ... The cover... should probably be pitch black."
Buzzy JacksonMay 11, 2012
Myths and Depths: Greil Marcus talks to Simon Reynolds (Part 3)
One thing I learned about punk: it's never revived, it's rediscovered.
Simon ReynoldsMay 11, 2012
Remembering Maurice Sendak
Dallas Clayton, Howard A. Rodman, Michael TolkinMay 10, 2012
Dream of a Different World
Margaret Randall talks to Lea Aschkenas about feminism, society, and change.
Lea AschkenasMay 10, 2012
Magical Mash-up
Nnedi OkoraforMay 9, 2012
Strawberries on Life Support
The alien can be found within us; for proof, we need look no further than the colonies of bacteria proliferating in the crook of the human elbow.
Antónia Szabari, Natania MeekerMay 9, 2012
Designed for Impact
From "Vertigo" to the Dixie cup.
Lyra KilstonMay 8, 2012
J. Edgar
Tyrant in a tutu.
Jon WienerMay 8, 2012
An Antic Satire of the Dubya Years
Trapped by the aptness of his metaphor.
Michael BourneMay 8, 2012
A Grosser Power: A Contrarian Look at The Hunger Games
The only way The Hunger Games works as art is if it shows ordinary people being entertained by death. Then it forces the audience to look at itself.
Ned VizziniMay 8, 2012
Mail Bonding
The uncanny feat of digging a tunnel from one creative unconscious to the other.
Mark DeryMay 7, 2012
Knowing It Has to End
Noir's rap is bleak, nihilistic, hardbitten. But at heart it's a deeply emotional genre and a deeply nostalgic one.
Boris Dralyuk, Megan AbbottMay 7, 2012
- Noir
Rob Schmitz, Part 2
Angilee ShahMay 7, 2012
Invisibility Act
Susan Salter ReynoldsMay 6, 2012
Discoveries: Tom Bissell, April Bernard, James Franco, John Green, Sarah Manguso
On 'Magic Hours,' 'Miss Fuller,' 'The Dangerous Book Four Boys,' 'The Fault of Our Stars,' and 'The Guardians.'
Susan Salter ReynoldsMay 6, 2012
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature