Archive

Sacred Shelter Offers an Opportunity to Understand Homelessness through Life Stories
Marlena Trafas reviews Susan Celia Greenfield's "Sacred Shelter" and the power of stories of homelessness.
Marlena TrafasFeb 7, 2019
The Confessional Peep Show: Pleasure, Pornography, and “The Deuce”
Reading HBO’s “The Deuce” through the lens of academic porn studies.
Kelly Marie CoyneFeb 6, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Television
The Intangible Thing That Makes Us Human
Gabino Iglesias reviews “Foe,” the latest novel by Iain Reid.
Gabino IglesiasFeb 6, 2019
- Noir
- SF
A (Not So) Secular Saint
A new biography details the religious life of a liberal icon.
James K. A. SmithFeb 6, 2019
Bumblebee’s Bungled Politics, Or: John Cena as Metaphor
Niv M. Sultan reviews "Bumblebee," the latest film in the Transformers franchise.
Niv M. SultanFeb 6, 2019
Warning to Heed: On Adam Nemett’s “We Can Save Us All”
Dan Hajducky reviews Adam Nemett's promising debut novel, "We Can Save Us All."
Dan HajduckyFeb 5, 2019
- Fiction
Her Dark Materials: A Conversation with Vanessa Place
Daniel Elkind speaks to Vanessa Place about her provocative “You Had to Be There: Rape Jokes.”
Daniel ElkindFeb 5, 2019
Fractured Origins in Esmé Weijun Wang’s “The Collected Schizophrenias”
Katharine Coldiron on Esmé Weijun Wang’s prize-winning essay collection, “The Collected Schizophrenias," which joins the schizophrenia memoir canon.
Katharine ColdironFeb 5, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
The Undeserving Favourite
Grace Hadland critiques Yorgos Lanthimos's representation of queerness in his newest film "The Favourite."
Grace HadlandFeb 5, 2019
Always Another Floor to Fall Through
Seth Blake reviews “The Feral Detective” by Jonathan Lethem.
Seth BlakeFeb 4, 2019
- Noir
Acclimatizing Conservation
Alejandro E. Camacho contributes to the Provocations series in conjunction with UCI's "Fire and Ice: The Shifting Narratives of Climate Change" conference.
Alejandro E. CamachoFeb 4, 2019
Histories of Violence: When Art Is Born of Resistance
Brad Evans speaks with American artist Martha Rosler. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
Brad EvansFeb 4, 2019
- Art & Architecture
- Histories of Violence
Companion and Commodity: The Victorian Dog
Colin Dickey reviews two new books about the Victorian dog.
Colin DickeyFeb 4, 2019
- History
“Dumplin’” and the Fat Female Protagonist
A new Netflix film explores fat-shaming and body positivity.
Sadie Shorr-ParksFeb 3, 2019
- Film
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
A New Year Round Robin from Myanmar 2019
ko ko thett brings us another New Year’s letter from Jet Ni.
Jet NiFeb 3, 2019
- Around the World
- Politics
Polarization, USA
Kruse and Zelizer have written the standard work for those teaching courses on the forces of polarization that have produced our divided public.
L. Benjamin RolskyFeb 3, 2019
- Politics