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My L.A. in Four Locations: Little Worlds
My L.A. in Four Locations is a running feature. This week, Liesl Olson describes the little worlds she discovered and built in Los Angeles.
Liesl OlsonNov 6, 2018
An Issue of Boundaries: An Interview with Idra Novey
Magdalena Edwards interviews Idra Novey, author of "Those Who Knew."
Magdalena EdwardsNov 6, 2018
Between Parturition and Manufacture
All versions of "A Star Is Born" in various ways worry away at the ambiguity in the title. What does it mean to say a star is “born”?
Richard DyerNov 5, 2018
- Film
Anger Persists: On Rebecca Traister’s “Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger”
"Good and Mad" uses several prisms for revealing the nuances of women’s anger in the second decade of the 21st century.
Maggie LevantovskayaNov 5, 2018
The Politics of Mindfulness: An Interview with Tim Ryan
Channing Sargent talks to Representative Tim Ryan about why new age practices can reconnect America to its core values.
Channing SargentNov 5, 2018
- Politics
A Look Back on Women’s Suffrage Before the Midterms
Helen Klein Ross revisits the history of women's suffrage and the ratification of the 19th amendment.
Helen Klein RossNov 5, 2018
The Texas Senate Race Is Not “Historic”
Fifty years before Tuesday’s US Senate election, a multiracial coalition of civil rights activists rewrote the rules of Texas politics.
Max KrochmalNov 4, 2018
- History
- Politics
“We Are Looking in a Mirror”: Ramsey Campbell Curates the History of Horror
Surveying the history of horror fiction.
Rob LathamNov 4, 2018
- SF
Roland Barthes and the Urgency of Nuance
Philip Sayers on the difficulty and importance of recovering Roland Barthes’s engagement of the neutral in our political moment.
Philip SayersNov 4, 2018
Wave of Anti-Semitism Today Resembles Prewar Attitudes Towards Jewish-Led Hollywood
Chris Yogerst on the echoes of prewar anti-Hollywood sentiment in today's anti-semitism.
Chris YogerstNov 4, 2018
Building an Inclusive Academy – One Generation at a Time
Sarah Boon on the tempered optimism of Abigail J. Stewart and Virginia Valian's "The Inclusive Academy."
Sarah BoonNov 4, 2018
A Substantially Good Book: On Charles J. Shields’s Life of John Williams
Christopher Urban admires “The Man Who Wrote the Perfect Novel: John Williams, Stoner, and the Writing Life” by Charles J. Shields.
Christopher UrbanNov 3, 2018
- Biography & Autobiography
- Literary Criticism
The Torturous Stress of Chess: An Interview with Brin-Jonathan Butler
Brin-Jonathan Butler on the glory and madness of championship-level chess.
David BreithauptNov 3, 2018
- Nonfiction
A Muslim Founder of the Social Sciences?
In "Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography," Robert Irwin sets out to both demythologize and re-mystify the influential 14th-century philosopher.
Nile GreenNov 3, 2018
Truth and Testimony: An Interview with Meghan O’Gieblyn
Nathan Goldman talks to Meghan O'Gieblyn about her debut essay collection, "Interior States."
Nathan GoldmanNov 3, 2018
“Somebody Told Me My Body’s Not Mine to Hold”: An Interview with Erica Dawson
Jonathan Farmer interviews poet Erica Dawson about her new book, “When Rap Spoke Straight to God.”
Jonathan FarmerNov 2, 2018
- Poetry