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Oh, We Knew Agnew: On Spiro Agnew’s Lasting Legacy
Jerald Podair, Zach Messitte, and Charles J. Holden reconsider the legacy of Spiro Agnew.
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What Practice Will Help Prepare Me: On Saskia Hamilton’s “All Souls”
James Ciano reviews Saskia Hamilton’s “All Souls.”
Toxic Masculinity Is a Deep Sort of Loneliness: A Conversation with Ben Purkert
Katya Apekina speaks with Ben Purkert about his debut novel “The Men Can’t Be Saved.”
Prudence Peiffer’s “The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever”
Writer, editor, and art historian Prudence Peiffer joins Kate Wolf to speak about her first book, “The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever.”
The Enemy of My Enemy Is Not My Friend: On Sohrab Ahmari’s “Tyranny, Inc.” and Patrick J. Deneen’s “Regime Change”
Jodi Dean reviews Sohrab Ahmari’s “Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What To Do About It” and Patrick J. Deneen’s “Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future.”
Quietly Dangerous: A Conversation Between Aura Rosenberg and Veronica Gonzalez Peña
Veronica Gonzalez Peña and Aura Rosenberg have a conversation about their forthcoming film.
A Different Bargain with Nature: On Annalee Newitz’s “The Terraformers”
Christian P. Haines reviews "The Terraformers" by Analee Newitz.
Is There a Politics Beyond Biopolitics? On Mårten Björk’s “The Politics of Immortality in Rosenzweig, Barth, and Goldberg”
Peter Fenves reviews Mårten Björk’s “The Politics of Immortality in Rosenzweig, Barth, and Goldberg: Theology and Resistance Between 1914–1945.”
Propaganda, Outrage, and Entertainment
Kathryn Cramer Brownell on the electoral transformations wrought by cable news and the evolving media landscape.
Get Lost: On Daniel Asa Rose’s “Truth or Consequences”
Julie Morrison reviews Daniel Asa Rose’s “Truth or Consequences: Improbable Adventures, a Near-Death Experience, and Unexpected Redemption in the New Mexico Desert.”
Mobsters, Union Leaders, and Studio Moguls: The Infamous 1945–46 Warner Brothers Strikes
In an excerpt from his forthcoming book “The Warner Brothers,” Chris Yogerst elucidates the history of the big Hollywood strikes of the 1940s.
High-Octane Hopes: On Lou Mathews’s “L.A. Breakdown”
Nancy Spiller reviews a new reprint of Lou Mathews’s classic novel “L.A. Breakdown.”
Lack of Charisma Can Be Comforting
Anna Dorn learns to love Taylor Swift.
The Poet and the Historian: On Julian Gewirtz’s “Your Face My Flag” and “Never Turn Back”
Sabina Knight reviews the poetry and historical writing of Julian Gewirtz in “Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s” and “Your Face My Flag.”
Comment for Comment: On Michael Tedder’s “Top Eight”
Grant Sharples reviews Michael Tedder’s “Top Eight: How MySpace Changed Music.”
Sit with the Echo: A Conversation with Ashley Wurzbacher
Allie Rowbottom speaks with Ashley Wurzbacher about her new novel, “How to Care for a Human Girl.”
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