Archive

Here Is the Promised Latitude
Rosa JamaliSep 2, 2020
The Cross and the Swastika
Who is our society’s most potent moral figure? Once it was Jesus Christ. Now it is Adolf Hitler. That shift has big consequences.
Alec RyrieSep 2, 2020
- Politics
- Religion
An Inverse Journey: On Elena Ferrante’s “The Lying Life of Adults”
Rachel Duboff reviews “The Lying Life of Adults,” the new book by Elena Ferrante and translated by Ann Goldstein.
Rachel DuboffSep 1, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
East of the Eastside
A crowd-sourced history of a neglected SoCal community.
Héctor TobarSep 1, 2020
- History
- Memoir & Essay
The Work of Analogy: On Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents”
A sweeping new book reevaluates the American conception of race and class.
Anupama RaoSep 1, 2020
No Mere Slogans: On Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents”
Yogita Goyal reviews Isabel Wilkerson’s new book, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.”
Yogita GoyalSep 1, 2020
The Monthly Digest: September 2020
Sep 1, 2020
Monstre Sacré: The Life and Times of Franklin E. Kameny
Michael Nava reviews “The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America,” Eric Cervini’s exhaustive new history.
Michael NavaAug 31, 2020
A Culture of Promises: On Liz Marshall’s “Meat the Future”
The new documentary “Meat the Future” presents the case for cultured meat in terms that are almost naïve.
Benjamin Aldes WurgaftAug 31, 2020
Land of Milk and Money
Mark Goble tries "The Dairy Restaurant," the new graphic history from Ben Katchor.
Mark GobleAug 31, 2020
Dancer Just Dancing: On Literature and Leisure in 2020
Jordan Tucker discusses the racial and queer politics of leisure
Aug 30, 2020
Wildly Intertwined: On Oksana Zabuzhko’s “Your Ad Could Go Here: Stories”
Olena Jennings finds poetry in “Your Ad Could Go Here: Stories” by Oksana Zabuzhko, translated from Ukrainian.
Olena JenningsAug 30, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Livestream Reading of Emily Wilson's Translation of The Odyssey: An Interview with Raffi Barsoumian
Lara Schoorl talks with Armenian-American actor Raffi Barsoumian about participating in a livestream marathon of "The Odyssey."
Lara SchoorlAug 30, 2020
A Trans Boy Dreams of a Gender-Fluid World: A Conversation with Lexie Bean
A YA author discusses her new novel about transgender youth and social marginalization.
Sara-Kate AstroveAug 30, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
No Sex Please, This Is Korea: Jang Sun-woo's The Road to the Race Track (1991)
Colin Marshall continues his dive into the Korean Film Archive’s YouTube channel with Jang Sun-woo's "The Road to the Race Track" (1991).
Colin MarshallAug 30, 2020
Pastel Blue: A Promising Inaccuracy
Katherine McKittrick discusses Nina Simone, the poetry of Dionne Brand, and our experience of color
Aug 29, 2020