Archive

Guilt Lit
Sumana RoySep 9, 2020
“Maggoty Urgings Toward Revenge”: Edward Albee’s Adaptation of James Purdy’s “Malcolm”
Did a great playwright intentionally botch his adaptation of a major novel?
Michael SnyderSep 9, 2020
- Fiction
Our Already Damaged Paradise: Talking with Erik Martiny
Leland Cheuk talks with Erik Martiny about his latest cli-fi novel, "Night of the Long Goodbyes."
Leland CheukSep 9, 2020
Gold Buggers
A tale of mining, thievery, and political corruption in Alaska’s gold rush.
Nathan WardSep 8, 2020
- History
- Politics
American Small-Business Picaresque: A Conversation with Anna Cox
Anna Cox discusses her debut novel about life in a small Ohio town after the pencil factory explodes.
Brandon R. ReynoldsSep 8, 2020
- Fiction
The Long Shadow of 2008
Mario Del Pero argues that the US and China can’t work together for much longer.
Mario Del PeroSep 8, 2020
"Corrupting the Youth": Episode 4
In a nine-part comic series, Ivan Ascher explores the university, the pandemic, and philosophy.
Ivan AscherSep 8, 2020
Thinking about “the Self” (ish) in the Time of Pandemic
Lisa Russ SpaarSep 8, 2020
Histories of Violence: The Inherited Memory of Art
Adrian Parr speaks with Mark Bradford, an award-winning Los Angeles–based contemporary artist.
Adrian ParrSep 8, 2020
Fraud by Numbers: Metrics and the New Academic Misconduct
UCLA professor of Law and Communication Mario Biagioli dissects how metric-based evaluations are shaping university agendas.
Mario BiagioliSep 7, 2020
Absent Center: Netflix's "Dark" and Time Travel as White Privilege
Namrata Verghese asks why everybody on Netflix's mind-bending time travel series Dark is white and why whiteness structures even its alternate worlds.
Namrata VergheseSep 7, 2020
- Television
"Corrupting the Youth": Episode 3
In a nine-part comic series, Ivan Ascher explores the university, the pandemic, and philosophy.
Ivan AscherSep 7, 2020
My Identity: Stealing What’s Mine
We bury the bubbling tide of rage that we know we’re entitled to feel, because we, unlike so many others, are at risk whenever we express that rage.
Caleb GayleSep 7, 2020
An Immodest Proposal
Samuel WeberSep 7, 2020
The Trouble with Re-Enchantment
Jason Crawford examines a new wave of literature on re-enchantment.
Jason CrawfordSep 7, 2020
- History
- Religion
“This Long Whine”: George Scialabba’s Depressions
Ryan Boyd on George Scialabba’s “How To Be Depressed.”
Ryan BoydSep 6, 2020
- Memoir & Essay