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The Kitsch Gazes Back: Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst Return
The return of neo-Pop provocateurs Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst.
All Essays
The Warrior Class
J. D. Connor on "War Machine" and the cult of the warrior-scholar.
Escape to Vigàta: On Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano Series
Désirée Zamorano on the Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri.
Another One Rides the Bus: Systems of Mass Transit as Vehicles of Protest
Julia Thomas on the bus as a site of protest through the ages.
The New Normal: On Dissidence, Apology, and Transcendence in Contemporary Chinese Art
Henry Zhang on “The New Normal: China, Art, and 2017,” at Beijing's Ullens Center of Contemporary Art (UCCA).
The Blathering Superego at the End of History
Emmett Rensin offers a psychoanalysis of managerial liberalism as superego and asks: What happens when the id of liberalism can't be controlled?
The Handmaid's Tale Finale
Dear Television braids hair and cuts to the feeling in the season finale of The Handmaid's Tale...
“Islandia” and the Dangers of Globalization
Carl Abbott on the politics of utopia in Austin Tappan Wright’s “Islandia.”
A Dollar Is a Dollar Is Not a Dollar: Unmasking the Social and Moral Meanings of Money
Princeton sociologist Viviana A. Zelizer on which kinds of moneys we want to create, who should create them, and for whom.
Torture: On the Wrong Side of History
CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou on the new book by James E. Mitchell, the creator of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques.
Protean Miniatures: The Adaptability and Sustainability of Flash Fiction
Sean Hooks offers an anatomy of flash fiction.
It’s Okay That Anne Shirley Never Became a Writer
Anya Jaremko-Greenwold on L. M. Montgomery’s “Anne of Green Gables.”
The Graphic Spinoza
An excerpt from "Heretics! The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern Philosophy."
Epigenetic Television: The Penetrating Love of “Orphan Black”
Everett Hamner discusses his series of essays on “Orphan Black,” which will be posted on BLARB.
Badgers in Platemail: On Brian Jacques’s “Redwall” Series
YA author Daniel Jose Ruiz reflects on his favorite children’s series.
Half-Full of Grace
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