Archive

Around My Room
Stefanie SobelleMay 20, 2020
Slow Apocalypse
John Hay reviews Mark O’Connell’s “Notes from an Apocalypse.”
John HayMay 20, 2020
(Quarantined in) a Room of One’s Own
V.M. Braganza talks about curating women writers at a distance and the stakes of Virginia Woolf’s room today.
V.M. BraganzaMay 20, 2020
Seeing the President Naked: On Curtis Sittenfeld’s “Rodham”
What if Hillary never married Bill? What if she was elected president?
Emily AdrianMay 19, 2020
- Fiction
- Politics
Circling Back to My Failures and Errata: Kate Zambreno’s “Drifts”
Andrew Schenker gets caught in “Drifts,” the new novel from Kate Zambreno.
Andrew SchenkerMay 19, 2020
- Fiction
An Injection of Humility
Enrique Vila-Matas, Paulo Lemos HortaMay 19, 2020
Anything Else
A short story by Sarah Fuss Kessler on the nature of beauty and staring down gender standards.
May 19, 2020
A Stimulus Plan for the Planet
Can the planet withstand another carbon bomb disguised as an infrastructure package? Billy Fleming reviews "A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal."
Billy FlemingMay 18, 2020
- Politics
- Science & Technology
The Empath of the Overlooked: On Ivy Pochoda’s “These Women”
Karen Brissette reviews “These Women” by Ivy Pochoda.
Karen BrissetteMay 18, 2020
- Noir
Pandemic Narratives and the Historian
Alex Langstaff interviews an international group of leading historians of public health, epidemics, and disaster science.
Alex LangstaffMay 18, 2020
These Monstrous People: Talking with Stu Watson about Communicatingroups
Austin Adams talks with Stu Watson about the deep historical roots of crime and his book "Communicatingroups."
Austin AdamsMay 18, 2020
An Editor’s Arc: A Conversation with David Hamilton
Harilaos Stecopoulos talks to writer David Hamilton about how he writes essays and the future of literary magazines.
Harilaos StecopoulosMay 17, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
- Poetry
Collective Memory and Intergenerational Trauma in Finding Sally
Hannah Borenstein reviews the CBC documentary by director Tamara Mariam Dawit.
Hannah BorensteinMay 17, 2020
Letter to the Editor: Frontiers of Boyhood
The author of a cultural history of Western America throws a lasso around aspects of a review.
Andrew Beckner, Martin WoodsideMay 17, 2020
- History
- Politics
Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Greg Youmans on the Pathbreaking Trans Media Art of 2008
Greg Youmans reflects on the work of Kalup Linzy and Tara Mateik.
Greg YoumansMay 17, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Gender & Sexuality
Collectors and Their Collections: Archer Huntington and The Hispanic Society of America
On the “Glory of Spain” exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Lois Parkinson ZamoraMay 16, 2020