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“There Is Freedom in Not Having a Script”: A Conversation with Uzma Aslam Khan
Aracelis Girmay speaks to Uzma Aslam Khan about her new novel, “The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali.”
aracelis girmayJun 17, 2022
- Fiction
It’s Just a River Rivering: A Conversation with Mesha Maren
Katie Smith talks with Mesha Maren about the settings and authors that inspired the complicated border fatalism of “Perpetual West.”
Katie SmithJun 17, 2022
- Noir
Revising the History of DDT’s Long-Tailed Legacy
Rebecca Altman appreciates Elena Conis’s new book, “How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT.”
Rebecca AltmanJun 17, 2022
- Science & Technology
Calling on Lincoln
Ronald White considers “A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House” by Jonathan W. White.
Ronald WhiteJun 16, 2022
- History
States of Solitude: On Natalie Eve Garrett’s “The Lonely Stories”
Charlotte Hecht reviews the anthology “The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone,” edited by Natalie Eve Garrett.
Charlotte HechtJun 16, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
Matthew Continetti on Populism and Conservatism in the American Right
Jun 16, 2022
Forging Something Succulent: A Conversation with Jordan Castro
Crow Jonah Norlander asks Jordan Castro about his debut novel, “The Novelist.”
Crow Jonah NorlanderJun 15, 2022
- Fiction
“Color Is Its Own Divine Language”: A Conversation with Colleen Louise Barry
JoAnna Novak speaks to poet Colleen Louise Barry about the sublimity of color, the limits of the self, and her new collection, “Colleen.”
JoAnna NovakJun 14, 2022
- Poetry
Tom Hayden According to the Enemy
M. Delmonico Connolly considers the FBI file on 1960s icon Thomas Hayden.
M. Delmonico ConnollyJun 14, 2022
- Politics
What Makes Censors Tick?
Stephen Rohde reviews Robert Corn-Revere's "The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder: The First Amendment and the Censor’s Dilemma."
Stephen RohdeJun 14, 2022
- Law
“A Cow Standing on My Heart”: A Conversation with Caren Beilin
Patrick Cottrell asks Caren Beilin about her new novel, “Revenge of the Scapegoat.”
Patrick CottrellJun 13, 2022
- Fiction
Three Brief Portraits of Monica Vitti (1931–2022)
Erik Morse provides three flashes of the late cinematic icon Monica Vitti.
Erik MorseJun 13, 2022
- Film
Histories of Violence: The Necessity of War (or So We Are Told)
Brad Evans talks with Samuel Moyn in the latest instalment of his series, “Histories of Violence.”
Brad EvansJun 13, 2022
- Histories of Violence
Philosophical Bohemians: On Peter Neumann’s “Jena 1800”
Richard Eldridge reviews Peter Neumann’s short and shallow history of Jena’s society of “free spirits.”
Richard EldridgeJun 12, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
No House for You, Kid
The aspirations of home ownership are fading for younger Americans, and they aren’t going to remain silent
Peter Sebastian ChesneyJun 12, 2022
- Politics
The Radical Opening of the Human and Black Love in Amazon’s “Black Stars: A Galaxy of New Worlds”
Bernabé S. Mendoza reviews a collection of SF stories that includes work by Nnedi Okorafor, Nisi Shawl, and Victor LaValle.
Bernabé S. MendozaJun 11, 2022
- SF