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Transformative Suffering
Emmanuel Ordóñez Angulo on what Alejandro González Iñárritu's VR installation "Carne y Arena" could teach us about suffering.
Emmanuel Ordóñez AnguloAug 11, 2017
- Film
Stopping Global Warming Doesn’t Have to Be “Inconvenient”
Stopping Global Warming Doesn’t Have to Be “Inconvenient”
Rachel KrausAug 11, 2017
Delicate Relations to the Real: Walking Donald Barthelme’s Houston
Robert Cremins takes a tour of Donald Barthelme’s Houston.
Robert CreminsAug 10, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Fiction
The Feminist Uses of Narrative Fiction: Jill Filipovic’s “The H-Spot” and the Search for Women’s Happiness
Jill Filipovic’s latest rehearses the arguments we’ve heard before, but the stories of the women she interviews show the real power of feminist imagination.
Alexandra VeriniAug 10, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
The Gateway Drug: On “Triptych: Three Studies of Manic Street Preachers’ The Holy Bible”
Matthew Boswell reviews “Triptych: Three Studies of Manic Street Preachers’ The Holy Bible” and looks back on his own teenage obsession with the band.
Matthew BoswellAug 10, 2017
- Music
Nostalgia and Desire in Joanna Novak's I Must Have You
Micah Bateman interviews Joanna Novak about her novel "I Must Have You."
Micah BatemanAug 10, 2017
Self-Care as Rebellion: An Interview with Jessie Chaffee
Paula Bomer interviews Jessie Chaffee about her debut novel, “Florence in Ecstasy,” the lives of the saints, eating disorders, and women’s stories.
Paula BomerAug 9, 2017
- Fiction
A Silent Storm: Art, Obsession, Death, and Marcel Marceau
Melynda Fuller appreciates “A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause,” an extended essay on Marcel Marceau by Shawn Wen.
Melynda FullerAug 9, 2017
Riding the Tiger, Riding the Wave: Christian Conservatives and Radical Anti-Modernism
Benjamin R. Teitelbaum on the resonance between the works of authors Charles Chaput and Rod Dreher and those of fascist anti-modernist Julius Evola.
Benjamin R. TeitelbaumAug 9, 2017
- Politics
- Religion
Postmortem: Jane Austen and Repealing the Affordable Care Act
Susan Celia Greenfield on Jane Austen and the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
Susan Celia GreenfieldAug 9, 2017
Cooking the News: Xi’s Digital Future
Cooking the News: Xi’s Digital Future
Louisa LimAug 9, 2017
The Cruel Radiance of What Is: On Lindsay Hunter’s “Eat Only When You’re Hungry”
Vincent Scarpa reviews Lindsay Hunter's new novel.
Vincent ScarpaAug 8, 2017
- Fiction
Shades of Beige
Shannon Luders-Manuel talks to Tara Betts about her anthology "The Beiging of America," co-edited with Cathy J. Schlund-Vials and Sean Frederick Forbes.
Shannon Luders-ManuelAug 8, 2017
- Cultural Studies
Multilayered Maps of Modern India: Anjum Hasan’s Fiction
Anjali Vaidya reflects on Anjum Hasan’s cosmopolitan urban wanderers.
Anjali VaidyaAug 8, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Politicon: Where Cheers and Jeers Are More Important Than Political Engagement
Politicon: Where Cheers and Jeers Are More Important Than Political Engagement
John W. W. ZeiserAug 8, 2017
Game of Thrones: Season 7, "The Spoils of War"
Dear Television ponders which chosen one is the most chosen, and whether there's something else dragons can do.
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleAug 7, 2017
- Dear Television