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Who's the Baddie? Captain Marvel in the Age of American Empire
Who is Captain Marvel an allegory for?
Aaron BadyMar 21, 2019
- Film
A Hymn to Life: On “Shatila Stories”
Isaac Nowell relishes “Shatila Stories,” a “hymn to life” written in the Shatila refugee camp in southern Beirut.
Isaac NowellMar 21, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
Drinking with the Ghost: Jack Kerouac in Big Sur, CA
Katie Orphan follows the path of Jack Kerouac northward along California's winding coastline.
Katie OrphanMar 21, 2019
Myth and Identity in a Divided Britain: An Interview with James Meek
Francis Wade interviews James Meek, whose latest collection of essays, “Dreams of Leaving and Remaining,” explores the causes and consequences of Brexit.
Francis WadeMar 20, 2019
- Around the World
- Politics
Life After Noir: A Conversation with Duke Haney
David Breithaupt debriefs Duke Haney, author of “Death Valley Superstars: Occasionally Fatal Adventures in Filmland.”
David BreithauptMar 20, 2019
- Film
- Memoir & Essay
On the Vice of Storytelling: An Interview with Aaron Shulman
Aaron Shulman tells a real-life family saga of modern Spain.
Lauren HamlinMar 20, 2019
Filtering Out: Instagram and the Dangerous Pull of Nostalgia
Marta Zarzycka examines the impact of ubiquitous, easy-to-use photo filters on our perception of reality.
Marta ZarzyckaMar 20, 2019
Freddie Outside the Bronx: Frederic Tuten’s “My Young Life”
Reading Frederic Tuten's "My Young Life," you’re aware of just how easily this might have been a dilettante’s memoir.
Charles TaylorMar 19, 2019
- Art & Architecture
- Memoir & Essay
The Many Explanations: On Siri Hustvedt’s “Memories of the Future”
Elena Goukassian reviews Siri Hustvedt's new novel and discusses why it falls in the category of Trump-era political fiction.
Elena GoukassianMar 19, 2019
- Fiction
TMI: Confession and Performance
Brian Glavey reviews Christopher Grobe’s “The Art of Confession:The Performance of Self from Robert Lowell to Reality TV.”
Brian GlaveyMar 19, 2019
- Literary Criticism
The Cost of Convenience
"Instead of bringing things together the new convenience separates us from them."
Alexander SternMar 19, 2019
The Novel as Eating Machine: A Conversation with Mark Doten
Ryan Chapman speaks to “Trump Sky Alpha” author Mark Doten about meme culture, narrative fragmentation, and the effects of historical trauma.
Ryan ChapmanMar 18, 2019
- Fiction
Jane Austen on Film
On the many adaptations of Jane Austen's writing.
Graham DaselerMar 18, 2019
- Fiction
- Film
The Peculiar Objecthood of the “Yellow Woman”
Sunny Xiang reviews Anne Anlin Cheng's "Ornamentalism."
Sunny XiangMar 18, 2019
- Literary Criticism
You Are Not Who You Think You Are: On Katherine Verdery’s My Life As A Spy: Investigations in a Secret Police File
Maria Rybakova reviews Katherine Verdery's "My Life as a Spy: Investigations in a Secret Police File."
Maria RybakovaMar 18, 2019
Pointless and Essential: On Witold Gombrowicz’s “Cosmos”
Witold Gombrowicz’s “Cosmos” is one of the great non-novels, or pseudo-novels, or reality-hungry books, or barely fictional narratives that we have.
Sean HooksMar 17, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction