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The Discovered Country: “Star Trek Beyond”
“Star Trek Beyond” is fine. It’s mostly enjoyable … It’s "Star Trek", neither at its best nor its worst, and I like "Star Trek" even at its very worst.
All Essays
The Anthologies of John D’Agata
Ned Stuckey-French pitches John D’Agata.
Nostalgia TV
Meghan Lewit on the purpose of nostalgia in today's TV.
Field Notes: Writers at War
Mike Chasar provides insight on the connection between writers and propaganda during World War II.
The Afterlives of the “Free State of Jones”
Susan Gillman on Gary Ross's "Free State of Jones" and the legacy of Newton Knight.
The Soul of a City: Berlin and Memory
In Berlin, contact with the ghosts of the past is a normal and ever-present feature of daily life.
Dear Hollywood (White) People: Let Rumi Be Brown
Who should Hollywood cast to play Rumi? One hint: Not Leonardo DiCaprio.
What’s In a Name?
The author of the "Rent" book on how Lin-Manuel Miranda turned theater and history upside down, the worth of writing, and the Hamilton in her blood.
Where I Used to Walk
A poem by Juan Felipe Herrera in memorium for the officers killed in Baton Rouge
The Hangman of Critique
Are we in the Postcritical Age?
Blogging Illness
Rachel Adams addresses the publishing industry and new media platforms, which allow those affected by illnesses to document their experiences differently.
Thinking, Public and Private: Intellectuals in the Time of the Public
An essay by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft on the “public intellectual,” with particular attention to Mark Greif, Corey Robin, Russell Jacoby, and Hannah Arendt.
Tribunals of Erudition and Taste: or, Why Translations of Premodern Chinese Poetry Are Having a Moment Right Now
A survey of recent collections of translated premodern Chinese poetry shows a hunger for new ways of appreciating China, which could change American poetry.
Noise. Church. Flesh.: Or, For Coltrane Church, For Pulse
How is the production of noise a practice of religion — and of race?
The Nomadic Humanities
A proposal for a new paradigm: the Nomadic Humanities.
Carl Sandburg’s Chicago: Stormy, Husky, Brawling at 100
It’s time to read Carl Sandburg again.
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