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Make Spain Great Again! The Transhistorical Ties Between Donald Trump and Christopher Columbus
Tzvetan Todorov, who died last month, had a prophetic vision of Donald Trump in his 1984 retelling of the conquest of the Americas.
All Essays
When Democracy Doesn’t: Hidalgo County, New Mexico
Sean McCoy visits a New Mexico county to find out why this rural community would flip from Obama to Trump.
In Memoriam: Mark Fisher
Mark Fisher's fans, friends, and colleagues remember the author of "Capitalist Realism" and "The Weird and the Eerie."
On the Origins of “Gaslighting”
Rosemary Johnsen on the origins of gaslighting.
The Never-Ending Lukács Debate
With the Budapest City Council recently deciding to remove Georg Lukács's statue, G. M. Tamás looks back on the Hungarian philosopher.
Our Ghosts: On Japanese Internment in Fresno
Nathan K. Hensley on the history of Japanese internment in Fresno, California.
Masochism’s Gem-Like Flames
What did the Victorian era's aesthetic and psychosexual preoccupations produce? Len Gutkin on Claire Jarvis's "Exquisite Masochism."
How Norman Mailer Blurred the Line Between the Literary and the Lurid
Ashley Rindsberg on the legacy of Norman Mailer.
Out-Gay, Alt-Right: The Two Milos
Kyle Mustain exposes the two versions of Milo Yiannopoulos.
Book Club Redux: “The Sympathizer”
Tom’s Book Club discussion about Viet Thanh Nguyen’s ‘The Sympathizer.”
Predator of Press Freedom v. Prisoner of Conscience
Elle Kurancid on photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, also known as “Shawkan,” who the Egyptian government has detained for years for photographing protests.
Confessions of a Trump Voter
A resident of the impoverished coal belt explains why he believed Donald Trump’s promise to bring back jobs.
A New Year Round Robin from Myanmar 2017
ko ko thett brings us another New Year’s letter from Jet Ni.
Business Feminism
Stephanie Young on the storied and complicated history of the feminist bookstore.
Two Almodóvars
What happened to Pedro Almodóvar? Bécquer Seguín looks at "Julieta" to find out.
From Parody to Hyperreality in Ang Lee’s “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”
On the competing impulses on Ang Lee's most recent film, and what it fails to adapt from Ben Fountain's novel.
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