Why are poorer and less-educated citizens more likely to die in America's wars?
In Georg Letham, Ernst Weiss turned to psychoanalysis to tap an atmosphere of unknown terror and mystery.
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Ruth Harris's Dreyfus; Deborah Amos's Eclipse of the Sunnis.
Because of Gaza, "everything is tainted" in Israel, according to Gideon Levy.
Rafael Ferrer and Christian Marclay prize an aesthetic of spontaneous responsiveness irrespective of subject.
How much does language tell us what to see, and hence what to think?
How and why do we use things like codes, jokes and slang to mask our meanings?
Revisiting an enduring guide to battered ornaments, elegant variations and Gr8 Db8s.
The director of Film Forum reflects on forty years of programming new releases, The Solitude of Prime Numbers and the rewards of being an autodidact.
A conversation with the translator of Robert Walser's Microscripts about Walser's writing rituals, his Chinese box sentences and the beauty of Zusammenhaengen.
A discussion with the author of Ill Fares the Land about social democracy, trains and our desiccated ethical vocabulary.
