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A Tale of Two ’Hoods: A Rap on Silver Lake
Silver Lake: a correspondence.
Dagoberto Gilb, Rubén MartínezOct 25, 2014
- Cultural Studies
Home and History in the Fiction of Los Angeles
Ray Bradbury’s house may become representative of another half-true tenet of Los Angeles — history gobbled up, paved over, and forgotten.
Sarah-Jane StratfordOct 24, 2014
- Art & Architecture
The Sob in the Spine
Mikel Jollett’s Rock ’n’ Roll Alchemy
Cornel BoncaOct 24, 2014
- Music
Laughing at “Gone Girl”
Gone Girl isn’t a thriller, it’s a domestic comedy.
Steph ChaOct 22, 2014
- Film
19th Century Paris: Terrorism's Training Ground
1894 marked an exceptional harvest of one of the most notable isms to take root in French soil: anarchism.
Robert ZaretskyOct 21, 2014
- History
- Politics
Speaking of Memory: Nabokov’s Folded Fabric
"There is a giddy, illicit charge to Nabokov’s hunt for a glimpse of infinity."
Peter BirkenheadOct 18, 2014
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
A Community Spine
DC’s Treasured Indie Bookstore Marks 30 years of Politics, Prose, and Promise
Lauren HodgesOct 14, 2014
From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Central: The Case of Hong Kong
The demand for electoral democracy in China can only be the beginning of a broader movement.
David Graeber, Yuk HuiOct 14, 2014
- Politics
From Outer Space, or Something: Fantasizing Capital in Contemporary Hip-Hop
Rappers like Rick Ross, Jay-Z, and Kanye West use fantasy to challenge the duty to represent lack within black life.
Ismail MuhammadOct 14, 2014
- Cultural Studies
- Music
Fall Sitcoms: A Dear TV Rundown
Black-ish, Mulaney, Manhattan Love Story, Selfie, A to Z
Jane Hu, Phillip MaciakOct 13, 2014
- Dear Television
La Comédie Architecturale
What does it mean to talk about architecture?
Oct 12, 2014
The Ephemeral Real, Part VI
The final installment in our series "The Ephemeral Real," a meditation on art and reality.
Drew JohnsonOct 11, 2014
- Film
Fame and Literature, Irreconcilable Enemies
"New from Around the World"
John YargoOct 11, 2014
- Around the World
Remembering Derrida: A Forum
What might we make of Derrida’s legacy, 10 years after his death?
Elisabeth Weber, Gil Anidjar, Luce Irigaray, Michael Marder, Peggy KamufOct 9, 2014
- Philosophy & Religion
Jacques Derrida’s Urgency, Today
What might we make of Derrida’s legacy, 10 years after his death?
Oct 9, 2014
- Philosophy & Religion
Everything Burns: Derrida’s Holocaust
What might we make of Derrida’s legacy, 10 years after his death?
Gil AnidjarOct 9, 2014
- Philosophy & Religion