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What Scientists Can’t See: On Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson’s “The Blind Spot”
Robert P. Crease reviews Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson’s “The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience.”
Archive
Recovering Worlds: On Mireille Gansel’s “Soul House”
Shoshana Olidort reviews Mireille Gansel’s “Soul House.”
Mother Tongues and Mother Dolls
A double-header episode about two new novels that each feature high stakes feats of translation.
Sweet Emptiness: On Nicolette Polek’s “Bitter Water Opera”
Brittany Menjivar reviews Nicolette Polek’s “Bitter Water Opera.”
The Empty Spotlight: On Nicolette Polek’s “Bitter Water Opera”
Dashiel Carrera reviews Nicolette Polek’s “Bitter Water Opera.”
A Network of Machines Speaking Only with Each Other
Office-core hyperobjects give Chase Bucklew the technocreeps at Katherine Behar’s UC Irvine solo exhibition.
Caught in the Middle: On Edward Said’s “Songs of an Eastern Humanist”
Manan Kapoor reviews “Songs of an Eastern Humanist” by Edward Said.
A Democratic and Peaceful Existence: On Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman’s “Taiwan”
Catherine Chou discusses “Taiwan: A Contested Democracy Under Threat” by Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman.
Jazz Friends
Jazz group Outside World leads Tosten Burks to self-reflection at their Hollywood release show.
Legacies of Eugenics: An Introduction
In the first of a series, Osagie K. Obasogie explores the history and persistence of eugenics in science, medicine, and elsewhere.
When Tolstoy Met Trollope: On Sophie Ratcliffe’s “Loss, a Love Story”
Bob Blaisdell reviews Sophie Ratcliffe’s “Loss, a Love Story: Imagined Histories and Brief Encounters.”
Modern Blur Is Not Rubbish
Woo-hoo! Brittany Menjivar gets her head checked by a jumbo jet at Blur’s pre-Coachella warm-up show in Pomona.
All Together Now: On Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor’s “Solidarity”
A pair of activist-intellectuals look at the history of solidarity and the limitations of charity.
Misinformed Care: On Uché Blackstock’s “Legacy” and Constance Hilliard’s “Ancestral Genomics”
Naa Oyo A. Kwate lauds Uché Blackstock’s grounded memoir about racism in medicine and denounces Constance Hilliard’s genetic explanation for Black health disparities.
A Tax Haven in a Heartless World: On Melinda Cooper’s “Counterrevolution”
Sarah Brouillette reviews Melinda Cooper’s “Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance.”
Actual Real Life: On Curtis Hanson’s “8 Mile”
Jayson Buford revisits Curtis Hanson and Eminem’s “8 Mile.”
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