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Who Doesn't Love a Wall?
Who Doesn't Love a Wall?
Jul 14, 2017
Privatizing the Putin Presidency
The Celluloid Liberation Front on Oliver Stone's "The Putin Interviews" and how it feeds the myth of Vladimir Putin.
Celluloid Liberation FrontJul 13, 2017
Talking, Not Listening: Paul Theroux Focuses on Family in “Mother Land”
Dave Seminara appreciates the family dynamics of “Mother Land,” by acclaimed travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux.
Dave SeminaraJul 13, 2017
- Fiction
Fiery Heaven, Bastard Earth: The Cosmology of “Game of Thrones”
Jedediah Purdy on why the pleasures of "A Song of Ice and Fire" aren't just narrative and political, but also cosmological.
Jedediah PurdyJul 13, 2017
- Television
Party like it’s 1789: A Presidential Primer for Bastille Day
Party like it’s 1789: A Presidential Primer for Bastille Day
Robert ZaretskyJul 13, 2017
Life Without Coffee Would Probably Suck: An Interview with Elizabeth Crane
Heather Scott Partington interviews Elizabeth Crane about her latest collection of stories, “Turf.”
Heather Scott PartingtonJul 12, 2017
- Fiction
A Test of American Traditions: Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny”
Darryl Holter appreciates the lessons of “On Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder.
Darryl HolterJul 12, 2017
- History
- Politics
The Judgment of Rebecca West
James Thomas Snyder celebrates Rebecca West’s classic “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon.”
James Thomas SnyderJul 12, 2017
- Around the World
- Politics
How Class in China Became Politically Incorrect
How Class in China Became Politically Incorrect
Louisa LimJul 12, 2017
When Progress Ebbs: Career Women at the Turn of the 20th Century
Radha Vatsal muses on the shifting contours of social progress for women.
Radha VatsalJul 11, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Gender & Sexuality
Will You Join Me in Taking Up the Body?: On Sara Uribe’s “Antígona González”
Lara Schoorl finds inspiration in “Antígona González” by Sara Uribe.
Lara SchoorlJul 11, 2017
- Poetry
“Meld with Me?”: On Alissa Nutting’s “Made for Love”
With "Made for Love," there can be no disputing that Alissa Nutting is funny as hell.
J. T. PriceJul 11, 2017
- Fiction
Histories of Violence: Violence to Thought
Brad Evans interviews David Theo Goldberg. A conversation in Brad Evans’s "Histories of Violence" series.
Brad EvansJul 10, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Histories of Violence
The Bigger Picture
Kim Fay reviews the Inspector Sebag novels by Philippe Georget.
Kim FayJul 10, 2017
- Around the World
- Noir
“Carl Broke Something”: On Carl Andre, Ana Mendieta, and the Cult of the Male Genius
Maya Gurantz reflects on Carl Andre, Ana Mendieta, and the cult of the male genius in contemporary art.
Maya GurantzJul 10, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Gender & Sexuality
Cottage Industry: On “Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and Twenty-First-Century Culture”
In "Dead Pledges," Annie McClanahan uncovers how cultural production after 2008 registers a new crisis subjectivity in the wake of the mortgage meltdown.
Sofia CutlerJul 9, 2017