Archive

"It’s all a big joke": Sarah Lucas's Au Naturel at the Hammer Museum
Natasha Boyd reviews the "Au Naturel" retrospective exhibition of Sarah Lucas at the Hammer Museum.
Natasha BoydJul 6, 2019
Trump’s Salute to Himself: Stealing the Mall
Joseph Giovannini writes on President Trump's 2019 Independence Day speech and parade on the National Mall.
Joseph GiovanniniJul 6, 2019
Reading Like a Citizen
Lida Maxwell reviews Astra Taylor's “Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone.”
Lida MaxwellJul 5, 2019
- Politics
A Cultural History of the Religious Fringe
Kevin O’Leary reviews Adam Morris's "American Messiahs: False Prophets of a Damned Nation."
Kevin O’LearyJul 5, 2019
Animated Beasts and Animistic Voices: Agnès Desarthe’s “Hunting Party”
Abby Walthausen rides with “Hunting Party” by Agnès Desarthe, translated from the French by Christiana Hills.
Abby WalthausenJul 5, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
A New Type of Cooperation the Whole World Needs: Talking to Jeffrey D. Sachs
Andy Fitch talks with Jeffrey D. Sachs about sustainable development and American exceptionalism.
Andy FitchJul 5, 2019
Our Predicament Is No Joke: On Terry Eagleton’s “Humour”
Kieran Setiya takes a serious look at “Humour” by Terry Eagleton.
Kieran SetiyaJul 4, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Philosophy & Religion
No Peace of Mind in Psychiatry
Philip Alcabes makes sense of "Mind Fixers" by Anne Harrington.
Philip AlcabesJul 4, 2019
- History
- Science & Technology
Before Ta-Nehisi Coates: On James Alan McPherson’s “Crabcakes”
Anya Ventura revisits "Crabcakes," the 1998 memoir by the late James Alan McPherson.
Anya VenturaJul 4, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
Groucho and Me: An Interview with Charles Bernstein
Robert Wood talks with Charles Bernstein about poetics, coinages, and the necessity of lingual disobedience.
Robert WoodJul 4, 2019
Particle Physics: On Nell Freudenberger’s “Lost and Wanted”
Freudenberger is excellent in her account of female friendships: the intensity with which they form in youth and the reshaping they undergo in middle age.
Dehn GilmoreJul 3, 2019
- Fiction
Tell It Slant: The Visionary Architecture of Claude Parent
Claude Parent’s designs were decades ahead of their time.
Joseph GiovanniniJul 3, 2019
- Art & Architecture
- Biography & Autobiography
Homo hackensis
Peter Forbes reviews "Hacking the Code of Life" by Nessa Carey and "Hacking Darwin" by Jamie Metzl.
Peter ForbesJul 3, 2019
- Science & Technology
We Need to Talk About the Aches and Pains of Nonfiction
Emma Goldberg talks to T Kira Madden, Roxane Gay, Michele Filgate, and Leslie Jamison about the pitfalls of telling it all.
Emma GoldbergJul 3, 2019
“A Bullet in the Right Place”: On the 50th Anniversary of Lindsay Anderson’s “if....”
Alex Harvey revisits Lindsay Anderson’s groundbreaking film “if....” 50 years after its premiere.
Alex HarveyJul 2, 2019
- Film
Darkness Visible, Light Ahead: On Mary Cregan’s “The Scar”
Leslie Kendall Dye tends to "The Scar," a new memoir by Mary Cregan.
Leslie Kendall DyeJul 2, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
- Science & Technology