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Johnson and Company
Leo Damrosch’s new book paints a vivid portrait of the 18th-century “Literary Club.”
Jake FuchsAug 15, 2019
Artful Embroidery: Jo Giese’s “Never Sit If You Can Dance”
Jill Schary Robinson reviews Jo Giese’s new memoir about the lessons her mother taught her.
Jill Schary RobinsonAug 15, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
Red Summer 1919/2019: The 100th Anniversary of a Current Crisis
In the age of Trump, Americans have conveniently forgotten their long history of white supremacist violence.
Keenan NorrisAug 15, 2019
- History
- Politics
Inventing the Environment
Carolyn Taratko reviews two new books on the postwar origins of “the Environment.”
Carolyn TaratkoAug 15, 2019
A Survey in Light: Mary Corse at LACMA
Natasha Boyd reviews the Mary Corse exhibition "A Survey in Light" at LACMA, on display now until November 11, 2019.
Natasha BoydAug 15, 2019
Anthony Horowitz Investigates
Tara Cheesman reviews “The Sentence Is Death” by Anthony Horowitz.
Tara CheesmanAug 14, 2019
- Noir
I Could Not Even Trust My Own Mind: Dinah Lenney Interviews JoeAnn Hart
Dinah Lenney speaks to JoeAnn Hart, author of “Stamford ’76: A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race, and Feminism in the 1970s.”
Dinah LenneyAug 14, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
Sally Rooney: The Dark Side
Sally Rooney is trying to tell us something. Politics are in the forefront, but I’m guessing there is a dark secret lurking in the background.
GD DessAug 14, 2019
Frank O'Hara is Everywhere
Sophia Stewart discovers quotidian magic in O'Hara's poetry.
Sophia StewartAug 14, 2019
What Is Not Said: On Natalia Ginzburg’s “The Dry Heart” and “Happiness, as Such”
Victoria Baena examines two recently reissued novels by Natalia Ginzburg: "The Dry Heart" and "Happiness, as Such."
Victoria BaenaAug 13, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
What the Left Can Learn from the Right About Winning Elections
Louis Rolsky reviews Reece Peck’s “Fox Populism,” which considers the intersections between conservatism, populism, and mass media.
L. Benjamin RolskyAug 13, 2019
- Politics
Normalnost
Peter Pomerantsev, author of “This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality,” looks at the new normal in the era of Putin and Trump.
Peter PomerantsevAug 13, 2019
- Around the World
- Politics
In the Room Where She Happens: On “Late Night”
Annie Berke examines “Late Night” in the contexts of writer-star Mindy Kaling’s public persona and the history of the woman in the writers’ room.
Annie BerkeAug 13, 2019
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
It’s All About Him
Joanna Chen sees some classic rock legends in Hyde Park, London.
Joanna ChenAug 13, 2019
Henry A. Giroux and the Culture of Neoliberal Fascism
Christian Fuchs reviews "The Terror of the Unforeseen," a new book by Henry A. Giroux.
Christian FuchsAug 12, 2019
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
Armed and Dangerous: Does Technology Make for Better Policing?
Gabriel Nicholas interrogates “The End of Killing” by Rick Smith and “Thin Blue Lie: The Failure of High-Tech Policing” by Matt Stroud.
Gabriel NicholasAug 12, 2019
- Politics
- Science & Technology