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The Prophet Is Human
A towering new biography of a great American orator and public intellectual.
Mary F. CoreyApr 11, 2019
- Biography & Autobiography
Hayden White on Education and the Humanities: What's Love Got to Do with It?
American “metahistorian” Hayden White disagrees sharply with those who argue that the humanities have no utility: “The humanities are eminently practical and belong to the practical life, by which I mean the ethical life,” he said. “The humanities have a great deal to teach us about the relationship between genius and wisdom.”
Apr 11, 2019
Parkland. Too Soon?
An early assessment of the Parkland shooting is too much subject-worship, not enough big picture.
Andrew GumbelApr 11, 2019
- Nonfiction
- Politics
Caesar Derangement Syndrome Was a Mental Health Disaster
Erik Skindrud compares the political upheaval of Gaius Julius Caesar with the current state of American politics.
Erik SkindrudApr 11, 2019
Fighting Trump, the Early Years
A historian writes an early draft version of the opposition to Trump.
Sean WoodardApr 10, 2019
- History
- Politics
Queering the Language of Female Friendship in Juliet Lapidos’s “Talent”
Kelly Coyne dissects the queering of language in Juliet Lapidos’s satirical campus novel “Talent.”
Kelly Marie CoyneApr 10, 2019
- Fiction
Thirteen Ways of Looking at “High Flying Bird”
"High Flying Bird’s" Lukácsian dramatization of class struggle remains trapped, visually and narratively, in a neoliberal perceptual apparatus.
Derek NystromApr 10, 2019
- Film
- Sports
A Vision of 2023: Talking with Mark Alpert
Temma Ehrenfeld interviews Mark Alpert on his thriller "The Coming Storm."
Temma EhrenfeldApr 10, 2019
Il Accuse: On “Who Killed My Father” by Édouard Louis
Kevin O’Rourke on the personal and the political in “Who Killed My Father” by Édouard Louis.
Kevin O’RourkeApr 9, 2019
The Good Doctor: On Maxim Osipov’s “Rock, Paper, Scissors”
Bob Blaisdell appreciates “Rock, Paper, Scissors: And Other Stories” by Maxim Osipov, translated by Boris Dralyuk, Alex Fleming, and Anne Marie Jackson.
Bob BlaisdellApr 9, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Self-Development of Truth: A Conversation with Maxim Osipov
Daniel Medin interviews the Russian author Maxim Osipov, whose English-language debut, “Rock, Paper, Scissors, an Other Stories,” is out with NYRB Classics.
Daniel MedinApr 9, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
Our Bodies Are Like the World: An Interview with Rheea Mukherjee
Jessie Chaffee talks to writer Rheea Mukherjee about her new novel, "The Body Myth."
Jessie ChaffeeApr 9, 2019
- Fiction
Marie Kondo’s Contributions to the Reception History of Jane Austen
Janine Barchas finds new ways of analyzing the reception of Jane Austen texts through discarded mass-produced editions.
Janine BarchasApr 9, 2019
The Kaiser’s Trial: How a Case that Never Happened Helped Create the International Criminal Justice System
Mark Ellis reviews William A. Schabas's meticulously researched and gripping "The Trial of the Kaiser."
Mark EllisApr 8, 2019
Trapped Under Ice: On Tim Johnston’s “The Current”
Karen Brissette reviews “The Current” by Tim Johnston.
Karen BrissetteApr 8, 2019
- Noir
The Secret Song of Water: From Coleridge to Darwish
Fady Joudah reflects on water as substance, poetic subject, and way of life.
Fady JoudahApr 8, 2019
- Around the World
- Poetry