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An Empire of Stupidity: On Dubravka Ugrešić’s “The Age of Skin”
A celebrated Croatian cultural critic exposes the thin skin of contemporary democracy.
Politics
"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins
All Souls Rising
An anthology of African American literature arrives right on time.
Greenwood at 100
Carter Brace considers the legacy of the 1921 Tulsa massacre.
Who Does the United States Belong to?: A Conversation with Laila Lalami
The Pulitzer Prize–nominated novelist on the Trump-inspired invasion of the US Capitol.
Ghosts in the Borderlands: A Conversation with Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Abbie Reese talks with writer Stephanie Elizondo Griest about the politics of US borders for Mexican immigrants and Native Americans.
Letters from the Heart
Simone de Beauvoir’s advice to the lovelorn.
Letter to the Editor: Matthew Feldman Responds to Peter Berard
Matthew Feldman and Peter Berard exchange letters regarding Berard’s review of “Hate in the Homeland” by Cynthia Miller-Idriss.
Collective Witnessing
Syrian prison literature testifies to the atrocities of the Assad regime.
Keeping It in the Family: On Sarah Jaffe’s “Work Won’t Love You Back”
Maggie Levantovskaya works through “Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone” by Sarah Jaffe.
French Secularism, Reinvented
What can France’s history with Catholicism tell us about today’s culture wars over Islam?
The Collaborative Skein: Searching for a Way Forward in Polish-Jewish Relations, a Conversation
Louise Steinman and Piotr Florczyk offer a wide-ranging and provocative discussion of the legacy of the Holocaust in Poland.
Politics as Identity: A Conversation with Tobias Carroll
Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy talks with Tobias Carroll about his new book, “Political Sign.”
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