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Motherhood in Pink
Joanna Chen reflects on Devora Blachor's "The Feminist’s Guide to Raising a Little Princess."
Joanna ChenJan 4, 2018
To Petrify Time: On Grigory Kanovich’s “Shtetl Love Song” and Sergey Kanovich’s Lost Shtetl Project
Linda Kinstler considers two Lithuanian Jewish memorial endeavors, Grigory Kanovich's novel “Shtetl Love Song” and his son Sergey’s “Lost Shtetl” project.
Linda KinstlerJan 3, 2018
High Hitler
Hitler and the Nazis were taking methamphetamine and opiates. But their biggest drug was still the ideology.
Anthony MostromJan 3, 2018
- History
Writing Lives: James Atlas on the Art of Biography
James Atlas chronicles the pleasures and perils of literary biography.
John TytellJan 3, 2018
- Biography & Autobiography
- Memoir & Essay
The Madness of Anna Schmidt: A Russian Prophet In Search of Her Beloved
Maria Rybakova recounts the life of Anna Schmidt, who believed herself to be the incarnation of Divine Sophia.
Maria RybakovaJan 3, 2018
Here and Gone
A man who knows nothing about paintings, who has never painted a picture, writes about the first painting he loved. J. D. Daniels on Velázquez.
J. D. DanielsJan 2, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Poetry
Histories of Violence: Neurodiversity and the Policing of the Norm
Brad Evans speaks with Canadian cultural theorist and philosopher Erin Manning. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
Brad EvansJan 2, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Histories of Violence
Shuck the Police: Are We Done with Traditional Law Enforcement?
The science of keeping public order is moving in two directions: computer-enhanced supercoverage and a retreat from the spaces that police used to dominate.
Adam GreenfieldJan 2, 2018
- Politics
Strange Things, Stranger Danger: Domestic Fantasy in Stranger Things 2
Niv M. Sultan argues that the greatest fantasy in "Stranger Things 2" is its depiction of family life.
Niv M. SultanJan 2, 2018
Genre Be Damned
Smith Henderson interviews Ivy Pochoda about her new book, “Wonder Valley.”
Smith HendersonJan 1, 2018
- Noir
Framing 1966: Jon Savage on the Year the 1960s Exploded
Scott Timberg takes a spin through “1966: The Year the Decade Exploded” by Jon Savage.
Scott TimbergJan 1, 2018
- History
- Music
The Great Attention Heist
A new book on how attention became a commodity.
John Bell, John ZadaJan 1, 2018
- Politics
- Science & Technology
The Monthly Digest: January 2018
Jan 1, 2018
Monsters in Ballet Slippers: Chagall’s Designs for the Performing Arts
Perwana Nazif reviews "Chagall: Fantasies for the Stage," currently on view at LACMA.
Jan 1, 2018
Comments on Lindsay Tunkl's Vimeo Posting of 'Is This What Feeling Feels Like? - First Attempt'
Yxta Maya MurrayDec 31, 2017
- Art & Architecture
Words That Speak of What Is Human: On Mireille Gansel’s “Translation as Transhumance”
On how Mireille Gansel guides us.
Dec 31, 2017
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay