Archive

"A Fascination for Medea": Talking with Peter Polites
Jay Anderson talks with Peter Polites about how he builds characters and paints pictures of real life in his novels.
Jay AndersonMar 5, 2020
“A Drive for Beauty”: A Conversation with Daniel Lisi and hollis hart, the Co-Founders of Not a Cult Media
Yesika Salgado speaks to Daniel Lisi and hollis hart, the co-founders of Not a Cult Media.
Yesika SalgadoMar 4, 2020
- Poetry
The Amazing Bicentennial Girl
Deborah Taffa on growing up Native American during the U.S. Bicentennial
Mar 4, 2020
Migrant Mother: Dorothea Lange and the Truth of Photography
Reconstructing the historical context of a famous American photograph.
Lennard J. DavisMar 4, 2020
- Art & Architecture
Heller Levinson: Pro-Hinge, Protean
Anthony Seidman praises the prolific Heller Levinson.
Anthony SeidmanMar 4, 2020
Beyond Soul Food
A new book explores the wide range and deep history of African-American cuisine.
Oliver WangMar 3, 2020
- Food & Drink
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a Superintelligent AI: On Wiliam Gibson’s “Agency”
Thomas Millay reviews "Agency," the latest book from William Gibson.
Thomas J. MillayMar 3, 2020
- Fiction
- SF
An Epic Struggle for Mastery of a Subcontinent
Priya Satia reviews William Dalrymple's "The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire."
Priya SatiaMar 3, 2020
Walls Don’t Work: On Lonely Christopher's In a January Would
Quinn Roberts reviews Lonely Christopher's uncompromising new poetry collection "In a January Would."
Quinn RobertsMar 3, 2020
Funhouse Mirror: An Interview with Laura Zigman on “Separation Anxiety”
Meredith Maran talks to writer Laura Zigman about rejection, writer’s block, and her new novel, “Separation Anxiety.”
Meredith MaranMar 2, 2020
- Fiction
On Consistency: Italo Calvino's Sixth Memo
Andrei CodrescuMar 2, 2020
- Nonfiction
Histories of Violence: Unlearning History
Brad Evans speaks with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, whose most recent book is “Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism.”
Brad EvansMar 2, 2020
- Histories of Violence
- History
"We wear the mask": Todd Phillips' Joker and Paul Laurence Dunbar
Chloé Valdary finds resonances of Paul Laurence Dunbar's famous words on race in America in Todd Phillips' "Joker."
Chloé ValdaryMar 2, 2020
Undercover Lovers, or How The CIA Became Style
Greg Barnhisel considers how our stories about the Cold War are evolving from politically urgent realist narratives to a narrative convention itself.
Greg BarnhiselMar 1, 2020
The Voices from Inside: On “Prison Truth”
A history of a California prison newspaper says a lot about changing attitudes toward the incarcerated.
Robin Kaiser-SchatzleinMar 1, 2020
- History
- Politics
Two Poems
Kiki PetrosinoMar 1, 2020
- LARB Lit