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Bringing Back New Concepts to This Mad City
Caroline Hagood explores Jason Weiss’s “Other Lives Our Own,” a collection she hears in spectral conversation with the work of Kendrick Lamar and Agnès Varda.
Caroline HagoodAug 2
As Long as You Love Him
Hattie Lindert listens to Justin Bieber’s “SWAG.”
Hattie LindertAug 1
- Music
In a Language Beyond What Is Given
Tia Glista watches Eva Victor’s directorial debut, “Sorry, Baby.”
Tia GlistaJul 31
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
Dress It Up with Reality
Amelia Anthony aims to separate the art from the artist while reading James Miller’s “The Passion of Pedro Almodóvar: A Self-Portrait in Seven Films.”
Amelia AnthonyJul 31
- Film
I Will Not Waste Chalk
Tim Riley reviews Alan Siegel’s “Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of ‘The Simpsons’ Changed Television—and America—Forever.”
Tim RileyJul 30
- Television
No Love Lost for Heretics
Brad East reviews Jerome E. Copulsky’s “American Heretics: Religious Adversaries of Liberal Order.”
Brad EastJul 30
- Politics
- Religion
Come Back Later When Your Work Isn’t So Human
Yael Friedman looks at a recent book, exhibition, and film on photographer Larry Fink.
Yael FriedmanJul 29
- Art & Architecture
Millennial Moods
Anna Aguiar Kosicki considers Cora Lewis’s debut novel “Information Age.”
Anna Aguiar KosickiJul 27
- Fiction
A Forever for Sally
M. G. Lord watches National Geographic’s new documentary “Sally.”
M. G. LordJul 27
- Film
- Biography & Autobiography
My Brother’s Keeper
Matthew K. Ritchie considers Clipse’s new album “Let God Sort Em Out,” the Virginia rap duo’s reunion, and the rarity of a principled artistic existence.
Matthew K. RitchieJul 25
- Music
The Heart Is a Lonely Haunter
Chelsea Davis hangs out with dead people in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “The Bewitching.”
Chelsea DavisJul 25
- SF
Many Unsaid Things
Grace Linden considers Kate Briggs’s new translation of “Lili Is Crying,” by Hélène Bessette.
Grace LindenJul 24
- Fiction
Do Panic
Gideon Leek evaluates Michael Clune’s debut novel, “Pan.”
Gideon LeekJul 24
- Fiction
The Shadow-Sister’s Solidarity
Cory Oldweiler reviews Norwegian author Linn Ullmann’s novel “Girl, 1983,” newly translated by Martin Aitken.
Cory OldweilerJul 23
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
Absolution Through Voyeurism
Max Callimanopulos reviews the new edition of John Gregory Dunne’s classic “Vegas: A Memoir of a Dark Season.”
Max CallimanopulosJul 22
- Memoir & Essay
“Abundance” Is Not the Answer
Christopher F. Jones disagrees with large portions of Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s “Abundance”—in particular, the notion that we can “build” ourselves out of our national problems using technology.
Christopher F. JonesJul 20
- Science & Technology
- Politics