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A Question for the (Sub)Culture
Brittany Menjivar enters the Void to get slizzard at the Subculture anniversary party in Mid-City.
Archive
Alexis Pauline Gumbs’s “Survival Is A Promise: the Eternal Life of Audre Lorde”
Kate Wolf and Eric Newman speak with Alexis Pauline Gumbs about “Survival Is A Promise: the Eternal Life of Audre Lorde.”
The New Artificial Intelligentsia
In the fifth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Ruha Benjamin explores how AI evangelists wrap their self-interest in a cloak of humanistic concern.
Cockfighter of the Year
Dylan Adamson reviews Kier-La Janisse’s “Cockfight: A Fable of Failure,” a book about the 1974 film “Cockfighter.”
Manuscripts Don’t Burn
Raymond De Luca reviews a long-awaited new film adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita.”
We Lived to Tell
A. J. Urquidi splurges on emo guyliner at his mall’s Hot Topic before watching Saosin play their timeless debut record live in Garden Grove.
A Child Makes a Future, and What Future Had We?
Carol Senf reviews Kathe Koja’s “Catherine the Ghost.”
The Poetic Origins of Middle-earth
Christian Kriticos reviews “The Collected Poems of J. R. R. Tolkien.”
Restored Particulars
Nathan Blansett reviews Margaret Ross’s poetry collection “Saturday.”
One Community, Undivided, Uniquely on This Side of the Border
Frank Bergon reviews two new collections from Dagoberto Gilb: “New Testaments” and “A Passing West: Essays from the Borderlands.”
This Is the Way to Exit Your Youth
Emily Quintanilla finds at least 13 reasons why you’d not be bored at Wallows’ hometown show at the Forum.
More Than an Object of Vardolatry
Conor Williams reviews Carrie Rickey’s “A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda.”
Artist for Survival
Fiona Lindsay Shen reviews a display of countercultural art soon to be open at Cerritos College.
Blessed Are the Forgetful
In the latest installment of Screen Shots, Annie Berke recalls Michel Gondry’s “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” a love story about memory loss, for its 20th anniversary.
The Story of a Generation
Michele Willens reviews Connie Chung’s memoir, which recalls her barrier-shattering career in TV news journalism.
Cop Cities Mock Cities
Stuart Schrader examines the historical origins and current ramifications of “cop city” complexes.
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