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Louise Erdrich’s Dystopian Dreams in “Future Home of the Living God”
Anita Felicelli finds flaw and favor in Louise Erdrich’s dystopian novel “Future Home of the Living God.”
Anita FelicelliDec 12, 2017
- Fiction
- SF
Say It: I'm Arab and Beautiful
Fady Joudah discusses how "we live in a moment where racism against Arabs and things Arab is permissible."
Fady JoudahDec 12, 2017
Yuri Brodsky: Solovki Has Left Us No Victors
A conversation between Yan Smirnitsky and Yuri Brodsky, originally appeared in Russian, on the website MK.ru, translated by Anna Gunin.
Anna GuninDec 12, 2017
Other People’s Children, Part 3, or Ghost Touches: Myriam Gurba’s “Mean” and Sexual Violence
Jonathan Alexander on the hauntology of sexual violence in Myriam Gurba’s difficult but impactful new memoir/true crime tale, “Mean.”
Jonathan AlexanderDec 11, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
The Legacy of Eric Garner: Policing Still Going Wrong
The killing of Eric Garner gets a nuanced treatment from one of the left’s most polarizing stylists.
Shehryar FazliDec 11, 2017
- Politics
Anti-Fascism Beyond the Headlines: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Interviews Mark Bray
Mark Bray talks about the media response to his book “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook.”
Mattilda Bernstein SycamoreDec 11, 2017
- History
- Politics
Trump’s Manipulation of Muslim Masculinity
Shenila Khoja-Moolji on how Trump's tweets reinforces negative stereotypes about Muslim masculinity.
Shenila Khoja-MooljiDec 11, 2017
Second Chances: The Essays of Martin J. Smith
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett reviews a volume of essays by Martin J. Smith.
Barbara DeMarco-BarrettDec 10, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
Acquisition and Empire: On James Delbourgo’s “Collecting the World”
On the origins of the British Museum.
Suzanne FischerDec 10, 2017
A Recipe for Coping in Trump’s America
Two books on the Trump era offer a mixed blessing. Yes, he’s out of control. But the kitchen may be your best place of refuge.
Randle BrowningDec 10, 2017
- Food & Drink
- Politics
Korea Has Started Using English Names — But When Will It Stop?
Colin Marshall considers why Starbucks employees in Korea — and many other people — adopt "English names" in place of their given ones.
Colin MarshallDec 10, 2017
Permanent Precarity for American Millennials
Reece Rogers is rallied by “Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials” by Malcolm Harris.
Reece RogersDec 9, 2017
Books Fall Apart: On Nancy Perloff’s “Explodity: Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art”
Eugene Ostashevsky explores “Explodity: Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art” by Nancy Perloff.
Eugene OstashevskyDec 9, 2017
- Around the World
- Art & Architecture
The Surprising Evolution of “Beren and Lúthien”
Brian Kenna on J. R. R. Tolkien's recently released "Beren and Lúthien."
Brian KennaDec 9, 2017
- SF
Think of It As An Existential Lesson: Deb Olin Unferth and Elizabeth Haidle's I, Parrot
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Deb Olin Unferth and Elizabeth Haidle's new graphic novel "I, Parrot."
Nathan Scott McNamaraDec 9, 2017
The Impossibility of Children’s Cinema: On Todd Haynes’s “Wonderstruck”
"'Wonderstruck' turns its child protagonists into taxidermy." Jill Richards on Todd Haynes's latest.
Dec 8, 2017
- Film