Archive

The Dream of the Swimming Pool
James Delbourgo considers the ways we've looked at swimming pools over the years.
James DelbourgoDec 14, 2020
Reading in Slow Motion
On the sentences of Shakespeare and Anne Boyer, Roland Barthes and Joan Didion.
Katie da Cunha LewinDec 14, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
Fighting Words
Sheila Liming cuts across “Hooked,” the latest book from Rita Felski.
Sheila LimingDec 14, 2020
- Literary Criticism
Falling Bodies: A Poem
A poem by Deborah Paredez
Dec 13, 2020
From Out of Control to Contrology: Notes on Sex, Body, and the Pandemic
On finding harmony during a pandemic.
Melody GreenfieldDec 13, 2020
- Nonfiction
Their Corruption, and Ours
Two new books on global corruption finger different culprits.
Erik D’AmatoDec 13, 2020
- Around the World
- Politics
A Certain Boldness
Travis LaCouter considers "The Holy Spirit and Christian Experience," the new book by Simeon Zahl.
Travis LaCouterDec 13, 2020
- Religion
The Coast: A Short Story
A short story by Colin Winnette
Dec 12, 2020
Politicizing Medicine While Fighting Pathogens
Cold War selfishness made the world more dangerous in a surprising place: the hospital bed.
Nicholas Greyson WardDec 12, 2020
- Politics
- Science & Technology
Toward a Saner Psychedelia
Ido Hartogsohn’s new book explores the impact of LSD on postwar American society and culture.
Matthew BondDec 12, 2020
- Cultural Studies
- Science & Technology
On Protection
When America’s vaunted ethos of freedom becomes the greatest impediment to self-care.
Matthew DavisDec 12, 2020
We Clearly Have a Market Problem: Talking to Representative David N. Cicilline
Andy Fitch talks with Representative David N. Cicilline (RI-1) about monopolization and antitrust, particularly among today's tech giants.
Andy FitchDec 12, 2020
Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Andrew Russeth on the Networks That Artists Built, Depicted, and Reimagined in 2015
Andrew Russeth reflects on networks of art and artists in 2015 in the most recent essay in Art Matters Now.
Andrew RussethDec 11, 2020
- Art & Architecture
The Carpenter-President: On Ben Bland’s “Man of Contradictions: Joko Widodo and the Struggle to Remake Indonesia”
A mini-biography of Indonesia’s president is also a snapshot of a country in transition.
Febriana FirdausDec 11, 2020
So We’ve Won, Now What?
Has the individual been overvalued in the United States?
Chang CheDec 11, 2020
- Politics
Speaking with the Dead
Two new memoirs about loss, grief, and the longing for communication.
Mairead Small StaidDec 11, 2020
- Memoir & Essay