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Marx’s Dyslexia
“How should Marx be read today? Or, rather, which Marx do we need to read?” Agon Hamza on “Marx’s Dyslexia.”
Agon HamzaMar 16, 2018
Only Something that Is Possible Afterwards: Talking to Melissa Buzzeo
Andy Fitch interviews Melissa Buzzeo, author of "The Devastation."
Andy FitchMar 16, 2018
Framing Our World: On Vanda Krefft’s “The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox”
Dan Friedman unreels “The Man Who Made the Movies,” a biography of William Fox by Vanda Krefft.
Dan FriedmanMar 15, 2018
A Rich Contribution to Supreme Court Literature
Jean Rosenbluth reviews Bryan A. Garner's "Nino and Me: My Unusual Friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia."
Jean RosenbluthMar 15, 2018
- Law
- Memoir & Essay
Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body, Part I: To Reimagine Healing
Ricardo Hernandez engages with the Poetry Coalition’s 2018 initiative, “Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body.”
Ricardo HernandezMar 15, 2018
- Poetry
Remaking the University: Geoffrey Galt Harpham on Democracy and Interpretation in the United States
What do Frederick Douglass and the New Criticism have in common?
Michael MeranzeMar 15, 2018
Fantasy Lands: Black Panther and Call Me By Your Name
Jonathan Alexander discusses the fantastical elements of "Black Panther" and "Call Me By Your Name."
Jonathan AlexanderMar 15, 2018
Come Hell, Come Husbands
Finding solace and strength in Karen Karbo's "In Praise of Difficult Women."
Judith EdelmanMar 14, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
Muscular Sanity: The Language of Pain in Literature
Emily Wells on the language of pain in literature.
Emily WellsMar 14, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- History
As Strong as They Come
You are "bold," "feisty," "sassy," and "magical." When you're young they call you Black Girl Magic. When you're old, they call you Big Mama. Do you know who you are? You are THE STRONG BLACK WOMAN. Your talents are legendary. Your skills are celebrated. For you are a socially-generated, culturally-upheld myth.

You are so strong that, one day, you may self-destruct.
Tamika ThompsonMar 14, 2018
Radical Optimization: On “Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement”
On Carl Cederström and André Spicer's "Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement" and the obsession with optimization in a neoliberal world.
Peter BloomMar 14, 2018
A Sidelong Relationship to Truth: An Interview with Michelle de Kretser
Robert Wood interviews Michelle de Kretser about her new novel "The Life to Come."
Robert WoodMar 14, 2018
Subversive Surfaces: “Graffiti Palace” by A. G. Lombardo
John Flynn-York on A. G. Lombardo's debut novel, "Graffiti Place."
John Flynn-YorkMar 13, 2018
- Fiction
The Beautiful Nobody
Listeners find community and authenticity in the podcast “Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People,” where the one rule is that callers remain anonymous.
Katy HershbergerMar 13, 2018
- Nonfiction
“It Has Happened. So it Can Happen Again": Philip Gourevitch on Genocide
Genocide expert Philip Gourevitch in conversation with Robert Harrison.
Mar 13, 2018
The Long, Inescapable Tail of Terrorism
Benjamin Balint revels in the elegant gravity of Wendell Steavenson’s “Paris Metro.”
Benjamin BalintMar 13, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction