Archive

How to Be a Girl Detective
The new film “Enola Holmes” illustrates a cultural shift in how girlhood is conceptualized and understood.
Claudia McCarronDec 26, 2020
Three Therapies for the Affective Nihilist: Talking to Kaitlyn Creasy
For this week's Dialogue Diary, Andy Fitch talks with Kaitlyn Creasy about Nietzschean nihilism.
Andy FitchDec 26, 2020
Christmas in October
Nancy Conyers on coming out during the holiday season.
Nancy L. ConyersDec 25, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Nonfiction
Salvation in the Desert
A compelling, if somewhat patchy, chronicle of the Southwest deserts.
Dec 25, 2020
Who Chopped Off the Priest’s Nob?
Randy Rosenthal reviews “Snow,” John Banville’s first mystery novel under his own name.
Dec 25, 2020
Snail
Spiral Jetty, a spiral earthwork on the Great Salt Lake, Utah, takes its cue from the many spiral forms in nature.
Craig DworkinDec 24, 2020
- Art & Architecture
The Future Does Not Simplify the Past: On Nicholas McDowell’s “Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton”
A. M. Juster admires the erudition and judiciousness of “Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton” by Nicholas McDowell.
A. M. JusterDec 24, 2020
The Son of a Mixed Marriage: On Naji Bakhti’s “Between Beirut and the Moon”
A. J. Naddaff reviews Naji Bakhti's debut novel, "Between Beirut and the Moon."
Dec 24, 2020
Making the Invisible Visible: An Interview with Housing Activist Diane Nilan
Eleanor J. Bader interviews Diane Nilan on her latest book about family homelessness.
Eleanor J. BaderDec 23, 2020
- Politics
Reimagining “Rebecca”
Ben Wheatley’s new film version of Daphne du Maurier’s classic novel is grating.
Paul du QuenoyDec 23, 2020
- Film
Call Me By No Name: On "Rebecca"
Tania Modleski watches new Netflix's adaptation of Rebecca and tracks the puzzling misreadings and misleadings of its source material.
Tania ModleskiDec 23, 2020
- Film
- Television
American Intimacy: On Gustavus Stadler’s “Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life”
Robert Ryan journeys through Gustavus Stadler’s biography on musician and activist Woody Guthrie.
Dec 23, 2020
Vernacular Pornography
Is sexual folk art a democratic repository of human creativity?
Dec 22, 2020
Paul R. Williams in Los Angeles: A Conversation with Janna Ireland
Janna Ireland discusses her new book of photos of L.A. buildings designed by a major Black architect.
Erin KaplanDec 22, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- History
Exploding Clichés: On Éric Chevillard’s Versatile Prose
Michelle Kuo, Jeremy M. Davies, and Daniel Levin Becker discuss Éric Chevillard’s pandemic writing and the challenges of rendering his style into English.
Daniel Levin Becker, Jeremy M. Davies, Michelle KuoDec 22, 2020
Chantal Mouffe on Conflict as a Political Good
Dec 22, 2020