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Stepping Back from the Cliff: A Conversation Between Aja Gabel and Chloe Benjamin
Novelists Aja Gabel and Chloe Benjamin discuss their novels "The Ensemble" and "The Immortalists."
Chloe BenjaminMay 15, 2018
A Necessary Fiction: Photography and Self-Image in Lynne Tillman’s “Men and Apparitions”
In “Men and Apparitions,” she seesaws between an analysis of physical pictures and an examination of the ways we picture ourselves and others.
Evan MoffittMay 14, 2018
Closer to Beast Than Angel
Frans de Waal considers three new books about whether humans are exceptional.
Frans de WaalMay 14, 2018
- Science & Technology
Genius as Circumstance
Yuval Sharon on the idea of genius.
Yuval SharonMay 14, 2018
- Music
The Left Hand of Darkness in Light of #MeToo
Emily Ruth Mace considers Ursula Le Guin's sci-fi classic "The Left Hand of Darkness" with an eye toward our current moment in gender dynamics.
Emily Ruth MaceMay 14, 2018
Carceral Capitalism: A Conversation with Jackie Wang
M. Buna interviews Jackie Wang about her book, “Carceral Capitalism.”
M. BunaMay 13, 2018
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
Keep Showing Up: A Q-and-A with “This Is How I Save My Life” Memoirist Amy B. Scher
Discussing the mind-body connection, intergenerational trauma, and self-generated healing.
Utibe Gautt AteMay 13, 2018
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
“Creating the Historiography”: An Interview with Curator-Filmmaker Shola Lynch
Leon Hendrix talks to filmmaker Shola Lynch about her past projects and her work at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Leon HendrixMay 13, 2018
- Film
- History
On Not Being Interested in North Korea
Colin Marshall the cultural obsession (or lack thereof) with North Korea.
Colin MarshallMay 13, 2018
What if the American Media Covered Cuba Like a Normal Place?
American writer and comedian Nato Green on the American press coverage of the Cuban presidential transition.
Nato GreenMay 13, 2018
Human Rights Lawyers — A Stalwart Breed
Mark Ellis reviews Michael Sfard's "The Wall and the Gate: Israel, Palestine, and the Legal Battle for Human."
Mark EllisMay 12, 2018
High-Tech Bildungsroman: The Hysterical Optimism of Silicon Valley
On the cynical libertarianism of our high-tech Horatio Algers.
Daniel PearceMay 12, 2018
The EU on a Shoestring
How young backpackers remade the social landscape of postwar Europe.
Max HolleranMay 12, 2018
Shook Over Hell: The American Death-Trip Telethon of 1968
"I came of political age in 1968, the annus horribilis to the nth power, the longest year ever recorded, a year when America morphed into Amerika."
Robert AndersenMay 12, 2018
Homer and Hatred: On Jordan Peterson's Mythology
Adam Novy argues that the alt-right’s favorite philosopher, Jordan Peterson, gives a painfully bad reading to the classics.
Adam NovyMay 12, 2018
Handmade Feminism: Irene Lusztig’s “Yours in Sisterhood”
Megan Moodie interviews Irene Lusztig about her new movie, "Yours in Sisterhood."
Megan MoodieMay 11, 2018
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality