Archive

Conceptual Idylls: Talking to Brian Blanchfield
Andy Fitch talks to Brian Blanchfield about his book "A Several World."
Andy FitchMay 18, 2018
A Queer Pilgrimage to Crema
Mikaella Clements goes to Crema, Italy, the setting of Luca Guadagnino’s lush film adaptation of André Aciman’s “Call Me by Your Name.”
Mikaella ClementsMay 17, 2018
- Around the World
- Gender & Sexuality
The Disappearance of the Subject: On Armen Avanessian’s “Miamification”
On “Miamification” by Armen Avanessian, which tries to imagine a "progressive politics equidistant from technological utopianism and technophobia.”
Adrian Nathan WestMay 17, 2018
"I Am Not a Man, I Am Dynamite": Peter Sloterdijk on Nietzsche
Robert Harrison talks to Nietzschean heir Peter Sloterdijk, one of the most controversial thinkers in the world.
May 17, 2018
Bach at the Burger King
When the music of Vivaldi and Mozart are used to repel the homeless from sidewalks and Burger Kings, does it still glorify the dignity of humanity?
Theodore GioiaMay 17, 2018
- Music
- Politics
No More Mean Girls: A Discussion Between LA Authors Caeli Wolfson Widger, Victoria Namkung, and Martha Batalha
Three LA authors preview their panel at this weekend's LitFest Pasadena, "No More Mean Girls."
Martha BatalhaMay 17, 2018
A Few Thoughts on Publishing Today: Timing, Books, and the Editor’s Zeitgeist
Susan LaTempa's thoughts on tactics, trends, and changes in publishing today.
May 17, 2018
The Hellish Comedy of Now: Silicon Valley, Season Five
For DearTV, Jane Hu and Aaron Bady talk joke-butts, Orientalism, cryptocurrency, and the season finale of Silicon Valley.
Aaron Bady, Jane HuMay 16, 2018
- Dear Television
The Insistence of Memory
Dispatches from the unquiet massacre zones of Sri Lanka and Rwanda.
Kate Cronin-FurmanMay 16, 2018
Hardly Navel-Gazing
Does existentialism still deserve our attention? On "The Existentialist’s Survival Guide: How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age."
Edward F. MooneyMay 16, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
- Religion
The Art and Activism of the Anthropocene, Part I: A Conversation with William T. Vollmann, Chantal Bilodeau, and David Wallace-Wells
Amy Brady of "Guernica" magazine presents the first conversation in the series “The Art and Activism of the Anthropocene.”
Amy BradyMay 16, 2018
The Case of the White Black Panther Orchestra
Sarah Bartoleme discusses the lack of Black musicians in the "Black Panther" orchestra.
Sarah BartolomeMay 16, 2018
John Branch's Bold and Hopeful The Last Cowboys
Tucker Coombe reviews "The Last Cowboys: A Pioneer Family in the New West" by John Branch.
Tucker CoombeMay 16, 2018
Love’s Languishing in the “Last Stories” of William Trevor
Robert Allen Papinchak finds William Trevor’s posthumous collection “Last Stories” impeccable.
Robert Allen PapinchakMay 15, 2018
- Fiction
The Boy Who Stared Death in the Eye: On Gaito Gazdanov’s “The Beggar and Other Stories”
Eileen Battersby finds many riches in “The Beggar and Other Stories” by Gaito Gazdanov, translated from the Russian by Bryan Karetnyk.
Eileen BattersbyMay 15, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
A Silver Thread: Islam in Eastern Europe
Jacob Mikanowski traces the silver thread of Islam in the tapestry of Eastern European culture.
Jacob MikanowskiMay 15, 2018