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Feeling the Fear of Difference: Celebrating “A Wrinkle in Time”
A symposium on Madeleine L’Engle’s classic YA fantasy.
All Essays
The Wound in the Willows
Rewriting Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s story.
Quasi Duo Fantasias: A Straussian Reading of “Black Panther”
Slavoj Žižek offers a Straussian reading of “Black Panther.”
Charles Bukowski’s Posthumous Poetry: As the Spirit Wanes, Shit Happens
Abel Debritto on the meddlesome editing of Charles Bukowski’s posthumous poetry.
The King Who Dreamed of Being a Frog: Taylor Mac’s Heretical American History in Song
Barrie Jean Borich on Taylor Mac's "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music," coming to The Theatre at the Ace Hotel from March 15–24.
A Dialogue on First Books, in Two Parts
Diana Arterian and Andrew Wessels interview each other about their debut books.
Forms and Fractures: A Non-Mother’s Hunger for the Writing of Motherhood
I find myself wondering if these motherhood-books are slim as though to offset the terrifying gravitas of mothering itself, or for a more practical reason.
Bob in China
Bo Seo on the reception of Bob Dylan in China after the singer-songwriter’s Nobel Prize win.
On Pacifics, Standards, and the Times
On the sprawling immensity of the Getty’s “Pacific Standard Time.”
The Task of the Thoughtful
Sam Huber on "Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart" and Hansberry's oft-misrepresented legacy.
A Message from Hans Fallada: On “Little Man, What Now?”
Susan Scarf Merrell on what Fallada's novel can offer us now.
Whose University Is It Anyway?
Can higher education be saved from the all-administrative university?
LEAKED NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT BETWEEN [NAME REDACTED] AND [NAME REDACTED] INTERNATIONAL
A piece by Yxta Maya Murray.
Judaism Without a Temple: An Excerpt from Martin Goodman’s “A History of Judaism”
An excerpt from “A History of Judaism” by Martin Goodman, published this month by Princeton University Press.
Elio’s Education
D. A. Miller on the mainstream gay-themed movie, the Beautiful Life, and "Call Me by Your Name."
Learning, and Not Caring: On the MLA’s Palestine Resolution
When professional mastery equals political quietism.
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