Nonfiction
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca
Narrative Deployments of Disability
Cartel Capitalism
The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs: An Interview with Johann Hari
Five Kinds of High-End-LA-centric Madness
In "West of Eden," LA's notable families spin fictions of happy family life, while the reality is generations of trustafarians raised by distracted wolves.
Who Was Sharon Tate?
Sanders's first contribution was to see Manson as an individual — not a symbol.
Removing Humans from the AI Loop — Should We Panic?
Is AI a threat to humankind?
Of Love and Politics
Michael Oakeshott's notebooks are a revelation.
On Killing Dogs
Colin Dayan's book "With Dogs at the Edge of Life" attempts to mark out the territory of dogs in our lives.
New York Trance — Geoff Dyer and the Life of the Writer
In Dyer's repetitions and leitmotifs, we get the sense of watching a mind traveling between planes of existence.
Before “the War on Drugs”
Much of what we believe about Prohibition is wrong.
Vote for Confidence
A new book examines the psychology of the confidence game — and illuminates a deep-seated American dysfunction.
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