We Can’t Stem the Tide of Language Death
Laura McPherson on the importance of documenting endangered languages before they vanish....
A Computer Scientist Makes the Case for Speculative Fiction
Why should computer science students read "The Circle"?...
On Anna Maria Maiolino’s “Entrevidas” (Saturday, September 16, 2017)
Martin Harries on a recent performance of Anna Maria Maiolino's "Entrevidas," which will be performed again on November 5....
Grasped by What We Cannot Grasp: The Elemental Poems of Dan Gerber
An assessment of Dan Gerber’s career, seen through a fishing trip with our reviewer, as well as a look at his “New and Selected Poems.”...
To Be Continued, or Who Lost the Civil War?
Keenan Norris on the durability of Confederate kitsch....
Gender Matters at the Toronto International Film Festival
Patricia White on several of the female-directed films at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, including "Lady Bird," "Euphoria," and "Zama."...
The Art of Embarrassment and the Embarrassment of Art
Jamie Carragher contemplates the relationship between embarrassment and art....
Syria’s Kurdish Contradiction
Bill Weinberg reviews several recent books about Kurdish autonomy movement....
Responsibility in Troubling Times: On “Heather Booth: Changing the World”
Kathleen B. Jones speaks to filmmaker Lilly Rivlin about her latest documentary, “Heather Booth: Changing the World.”...
Tight Wires Between Us: On “Difficulties of a Bridegroom” by Ted Hughes
On February 9, 1963, two days before the poet Sylvia Plath killed herself, a radio play about her marriage aired on the BBC....
Neon-Neo Realism
Joseph Pomp on "Good Time" and the new era of Neon-Neo Realism....
Culture Is Armor: On Adam Gopnik and the Necessity of the Cultural Intellectual
On Adam Gopnik as a public intellectual....
