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FALLOUT: The Geopolitics of the Snowden Files
Adam MorrisApr 20, 2014
Rebel Without A Country
Polish writer Marek Hlasko has found a new audience, which should come as no surprise: the anger that drove his writing was grounded in the same kind of populist disillusionment we see today, from Occupy and the Tea Party, to the social protests of the Arab Spring.
Ross UfbergApr 20, 2014
Enactments Through a Different Lens: Allan deSouza - An Artist Profile
Allan deSouzaApr 20, 2014
No Big Sleep for Raymond Chandler
Dick Lochte on the many incarnations of Raymond Chandler.
Dick LochteApr 19, 2014
- Noir
Mad Men, Season 7: "Time Zones"
The Hangover
Lili Loofbourow, Phillip MaciakApr 18, 2014
- Dear Television
Singularity Now, or Why We Already Live in the Future
James PulizziApr 17, 2014
The Show Must Go On
Why Don’t We Want Our TV Series to End?
Elizabeth AlsopApr 17, 2014
Poetry from the Catbird Seat: Don Share
To celebrate Don Share’s recent anthology of the last 100 years of Poetry magazine, we anthologize the career of this tremendous poet.
Jeremy GlazierApr 16, 2014
Company
“I wish I could remember his soft, lovely voice: a poet’s voice, full of music, quips, and quirks.”
Tracy DaughertyApr 16, 2014
Finders Keepers
Katie Peterson explores two books that attempt to bring us closer to people by examining the objects they leave behind.
Katie PetersonApr 15, 2014
The Execution of Private Slovik, 40 Years Later
Looking at the history behind The Execution of Private Slovik 40 years later and what it means to humankind today.
Chris WalshApr 14, 2014
Building a Better Response: On the Tenuous Relationship Between Theater and Technology
Matthew Gray explores the historically distrustful relationship between theater and technology.
Matt GrayApr 14, 2014
Jingo Unchained: What World War I Wrought
WWI is still with us now.
Zach DorfmanApr 14, 2014
Game of Thrones: Season 4, "The Lion and the Rose"
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dead Joffrey
Sarah MesleApr 14, 2014
- Dear Television
Visiting Elizabeth Bishop’s Maine
Thinking about Elizabeth Bishop’s Maine, Robert Lowell, and the personal.
Stephanie BernhardApr 13, 2014
- Travel
The First Book Awards
Who can forget listening to Kurtan the Elder's “Why Half My Face Is Missing,” which added stirring internal anguish and regret to the art of tale-telling.
Andrew NichollsApr 11, 2014
- Humor