How Franco Ruled Spain How Franco Ruled Spain
Two new books examine these dark decades in Spanish history.
Jul 30, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
A Rave Novel Rediscovered A Rave Novel Rediscovered
Ann Scott’s “Superstars” captures the last gasp of pre-Internet counterculture.
Jul 28, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Max Pearl
Impale and Cry: Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” Impale and Cry: Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”
In the latest rendering of the epic, there is plenty to feel guilty about even if you did not mean it.
Jul 24, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Christian Lorentzen
What’s So Scary About the Frankfurt School? What’s So Scary About the Frankfurt School?
In The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy, A.J.A. Woods looks at how the Frankfurt scholars became the latest bogeymen for the contemporary right.
Jul 21, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Michael Shorris
Emily LaBarge’s Life Stories Emily LaBarge’s Life Stories
In “Dog Days,” LaBarge blurs the lines between memoir and criticism.
Jul 20, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Poole
Steven Spielberg’s Aliens Steven Spielberg’s Aliens
“Disclosure Day” has plenty of UFOs and extraterrestrial species but very little of the human insights found in the filmmaker’s past work.
Jul 1, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
How Can We Reimagine Higher Education in the Age of Climate Change? How Can We Reimagine Higher Education in the Age of Climate Change?
An interview with the founders of Gull Island Institute.
Jun 24, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Rockwell Kent’s View From Greenland Rockwell Kent’s View From Greenland
His paintings reveal the value of looking carefully at the territory and the hazards of imperial misrepresentation.
Jun 23, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Holter
Lyn Hejinian’s Republic of Readers Lyn Hejinian’s Republic of Readers
In the poet's last work, Lola the Interpreter, she treats her readers as true interlocutors, inviting them into the act of interpretation alongside her.
Jun 22, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Angie Sijun Lou
The Art of the American Revolution Across the Generations The Art of the American Revolution Across the Generations
The United States’ founding moment from Washington Crossing the Delaware to the paintings of Jacob Lawrence, Kara Walker, and Kent Monkman.
Jun 11, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Hunter Himes