The Double Bill as Dialogue: On Eileen Myles’s “The Trip” and Ivan Dixon’s “The Spook Who Sat by the Door”
Elizabeth Horkley delves into the filmmaking and curatorial work of Eileen Myles, most recently in their double bill program at the Metrograph Theatre....
Political Masochism: On Trisha Low’s “Socialist Realism”
Andrew Duncan Waddell appreciates “Socialist Realism” by Trisha Low, which shows us the difficulty of “struggling correctly.”...
“Logic Alone, All Love Laid by”: Returning to Arthur Koestler’s “Darkness at Noon”
Maya Chhabra plunges into Philip Boehm’s new translation of the original version of “Darkness at Noon” by Arthur Koestler....
A Prosecutor’s Guide to the Just and Fair: On Preet Bharara’s “Doing Justice”
Stephen Rohde offers his take on Preet Bharara's book, "Doing Justice: A Prosecutor’s Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law."...
This Changes Everything, Again
Casey Williams is rallied by “On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal,” the latest collection of essays by Naomi Klein....
The People Will Not Forget
The closure of a Guatemalan anti-corruption office makes their government look bad, and the United States even worse....
Horror and Moral Splendor: On Douglas Smith’s “The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin”
Richard Lourie takes on “The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin” by Douglas Smith....
Beginning with Abortion
Fran Bigman discusses Brit Bennett’s “The Mothers” and the stories we tell about abortion....
Sit in, Burn Out, Move On: A Note on Political Activism in the ’60s
Jay Neugeboren recounts his time as an American antiwar activist in the 1960s and contemplates his current standing as an activist in modern-day America....
Auspicious Conflagrations: The Heat of Women’s Anger
Bean Gilsdorf joins the chorus of women speaking about their anger, so that they can do something about it....
Before Climate Change, a Dynamic Arctic
A dazzling new history of the Arctic region between the United States and Russia is leavened with sharp prose and well-informed insights....
The Tangled Web of US Border Security Around the World
Laura Weiss traverses Todd Miller's "Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the US Border Around the World."...
