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Antidotes to Brexit, COVID-19, and Other Afflictions in Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet
Natasha Hakimi Zapata unravels Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet series as a framework for confronting the perils of Brexit and COVID-19.
Natasha Hakimi ZapataNov 30, 2020
- Fiction
“More than Me”: On “How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton”
Dean Rader considers “How to Carry Water” by Lucille Clifton.
Dean RaderNov 29, 2020
- Poetry
Closeness and Cruelty: On Tana French’s “The Searcher”
Glenn Harper hunts down “The Searcher,” the latest thriller from Tana French.
Glenn HarperNov 29, 2020
- Around the World
- Noir
No Guarantees: An Interview with Christina Baker Kline
Meredith Maran interviews author Christina Baker Kline about life after her first best seller.
Meredith MaranNov 29, 2020
- Fiction
A Replenished Earth
Ellen Sklarz reviews the recent climate-concerned film "Kiss the Ground" by filmmakers Rebecca and Josh Tickell.
Ellen SklarzNov 29, 2020
55 Voices for Democracy: "What Crisis? Our Trust in Democracy" by Jutta Allmendinger
Jutta Allmendinger refutes "redtraditionalization" emergent in modern democracies, for the Thomas Mann House series "55 Voices for Democracy."
Jutta AllmendingerNov 28, 2020
Free Yet Flawed: On Sherry L. Smith’s “Bohemians West”
Elaine Elinson reviews “Bohemians West: Free Love, Family and Radicals in Twentieth Century America,” the new dual biography by Sherry L. Smith.
Elaine ElinsonNov 28, 2020
Platonov’s Weeping Cow
Samuel Liu appreciates the Soviet-era author Andrei Platonov, who “deforms language to match the contortion of his emotional need.”
Samuel LiuNov 28, 2020
Adrift in Cosmic Quarantine: Randy Newman Turns 77
The great singer-songwriter has spent a lifetime turning bluesy snark into pop gold.
Tim RileyNov 28, 2020
- Music
Much, Much Love: On Etel Adnan and Lynn Marie Kirby’s “Oracular Transmissions”
Sophia Stewart considers the epistolary collaboration of Etel Adnan and Lynn Marie Kirby.
Sophia StewartNov 28, 2020
Henry Wallace and the Road Not Taken
The Democrats’ turn away from New Deal economic radicalism toward corporate soft power began in 1944 with the dumping of an influential vice president.
Sammy FeldblumNov 27, 2020
- History
- Politics
The Way We Speak Now: On David Bromwich’s “Writing Politics”
The American talent for wordplay can reinvigorate ideas and bring transformative politics.
Sam SackeroffNov 27, 2020
- Politics
The Myth of Mestizaje
A celebrated Mexican anthropologist explodes one of his nation’s founding myths.
Ellen Jones, Federico NavarreteNov 27, 2020
Some Higher Aspiration for Economic Policy: Talking to Gene Sperling
Andy Fitch interviews Gene Sperling about his book "Economic Dignity" and the case for considering the oft-overlooked economic effects of social policies.
Andy FitchNov 27, 2020
Life Isn’t a Narrative: A Conversation with JoAnn Wypijewski
The author of “What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About #MeToo” discusses the irrationality of sex panics.
M. BunaNov 26, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Mourning and Marginalia: Editing the Work of Christopher Chitty
Editors Max Fox and Madeline Lane-McKinley talk about working on "Sexual Hegemony," the recently published text by the late writer Christopher Chitty.
Madeline Lane-McKinley, Max FoxNov 26, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion