Archive

Arguing in Love
Diana Selig reviews Nathaniel Frank's "Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America."
Diana SeligNov 9, 2018
Melancholic Narratives: On the Bicentennial of Ivan Turgenev
Eileen Battersby remembers the great Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev, on his 200th birthday.
Eileen BattersbyNov 9, 2018
Getting Pulled into Trump’s Gravity: Talking to Greg Miller
Andy Fitch talks to Washington Post reporter Greg Miller about his new book, "The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy."
Andy FitchNov 9, 2018
Exerting Control Over Chaos: An Interview With Karen E. Bender
Lily Meyer interviews Karen E. Bender about the uncontained chaos of the modern world, the refractions of Jewish identity, and our era’s lack of empathy.
Lily MeyerNov 8, 2018
- Fiction
Fire, Books, and Memories: On Susan Orlean’s “The Library Book”
What can the 1986 LAPL fire tell us about today's library?
Richard M. ChoNov 8, 2018
- History
Horror Show
“Suspiria” casts its arms up in praise and its eyes toward the dirt, feeling unworthy of the artists whose name it moans in worship.
Scout TafoyaNov 8, 2018
- Film
Transphobia, Cloaked in Science
Sarah Richardson on the dangers of "scientific" definitions of sexual identity and the recent Health and Human Services memo.
Sarah RichardsonNov 8, 2018
Destroyed by Truth
Tridip Suhrud's careful work on Gandhi's "Autobiography" helps readers understand the man's experiments with the truth and the self.
Faisal DevjiNov 7, 2018
A Long-Haired Mule and a Porkepine
Eric Gudas dishes on Daryl Sanders’s “That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound.”
Eric GudasNov 7, 2018
- History
- Music
Can Ghosts Buy Drugs? The Haunting of Hill House (Eps. 6-10)
Dear TV on the baffling televisual end to a very happy Haunting of Hill House.
Jane Hu, Phillip MaciakNov 7, 2018
- Dear Television
Urgent Call for the Respect of Women and Minorities: Kevin Powell’s “My Mother. Barack Obama. Donald Trump. And the Last Stand of the Angry White Man.”
Charlie Braxton is excited by Kevin Powell's new essay collection.
Charlie BraxtonNov 7, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
- Politics
Voting for Charisma
The power of charismatic candidacy isn't going anywhere. How should we proceed?
Vincent LloydNov 7, 2018
Kicking “Charismatic” to the Curb
Benedict Cosgrove critiques "charismatic" leadership.
Benedict CosgroveNov 7, 2018
Border Memories
Two new memoirs about the US-Mexico border.
Caitlin ReynoldsNov 6, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
- Politics
American Studies Takes Care: An Interview with ASA President Roderick Ferguson
Sarah Mesle interviews ASA President Roderick Ferguson about this year's upcoming ASA conference, "States of Emergence."
Sarah MesleNov 6, 2018
- Cultural Studies
The Reeducation of a Racist
The impact of a liberal arts education on a white racist, as shown in a new biography.
Tucker CoombeNov 6, 2018
- Nonfiction
- Politics