Archive

The Walkout: Mitski and Alienation
Geoff Nelson discusses Bertolt Brecht's theory of alienation and the music videos of Mitski.
Geoff NelsonJul 12, 2018
Reclaiming Africa’s Stolen Histories Through Fiction
African historical fiction comes of age.
Lizzy AttreeJul 11, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Fighting to Live: Vancouver’s Battle for Safe Injection Sites
Eleanor J. Bader talks to Travis Lupick, author of "Fighting for Space: How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City’s Struggle with Addiction."
Eleanor J. BaderJul 11, 2018
- Around the World
- Nonfiction
From Genius to Witch: The Rise and Fall of a Filosofessa
On child prodigies, female genius and math...
Massimo MazzottiJul 11, 2018
- Science & Technology
Against Fandom
Nathan Kalman-Lamb on the problems of sports fandom, and the political economy of high-performance sport.
Nathan Kalman-LambJul 11, 2018
The Art and Activism of the Anthropocene, Part III: A Conversation with Helen Phillips, Amitav Ghosh, and Nathan Kensinger
Amy Brady of “Guernica” magazine presents the third conversation in the series “The Art and Activism of the Anthropocene.”
Amy BradyJul 10, 2018
In Praise of Incivility: The Appropriate Posture in a State of Emergency
Incivility to Trump administration public officials is, in itself, an insufficient response. They deserve much worse.
Marc CooperJul 10, 2018
- Law
- Politics
The Truest Testament: On the Life and Art of Yuri Felsen
Bryan Karetnyk tells the tragic tale of Yuri Felsen, a Russian émigré author whose English-language debut is long overdue.
Bryan KaretnykJul 10, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Horrifying Joy of Roque Larraquy’s Comemadre
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Roque Larraquy’s "absurd and straight-faced and frighteningly self-assured" novel "Comemadre."
Nathan Scott McNamaraJul 10, 2018
Frankenstein Turns 200 and Becomes Required Reading for Scientists
"Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds" can remind scientists and engineers to proceed with caution.
Sidney PerkowitzJul 9, 2018
Justice Among the Jell-O Recipes: The Feminist History of Food Journalism
Suzanne Cope rescues the true history of food journalism from erasure.
Suzanne CopeJul 9, 2018
Loneliness on My Hands: A Conversation with Maggie Nelson
Clare Shearer speaks to Maggie Nelson about “Something Bright, Then Holes,” reissued by Soft Skull Press last month.
Clare ShearerJul 9, 2018
- Poetry
Writing America: How the U.S. Was Recorded into Reality
Liesl SchillingerJul 9, 2018
On Motherhood and Murder: A Conversation with Nancy Rommelmann
“Our obligation as journalists is to follow the hard stories where they want to go, to construct the story with the care it demands.”
Heather John FogartyJul 8, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Nonfiction
Groping Towards Each Other in a Common Mist
In his new translation, David Bentley Hart presents the New Testament as a choir, rather than the work of a soloist.
Burke Gerstenschlager, Ed SimonJul 8, 2018
- Religion
The Second City of Black America
Greg Barnhisel reviews “Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance.”
Greg BarnhiselJul 8, 2018
- History
- Music