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Mar 12, 2024 / Feature / Lizzy Ratner
“Masters of the Air,” With John Orloff “Masters of the Air,” With John Orloff
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Mar 12, 2024 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison
Mike Johnson as Speaker So Far Mike Johnson as Speaker So Far
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Senator Katie Britt: A Star Is Not Born Senator Katie Britt: A Star Is Not Born
The Alabaman’s disastrous debut was so weird even Scarlett Johansson—who’s played everything from a man-eating alien to Black Widow to Maggie the Cat—couldn’t do it justice.
Mar 11, 2024 / Jeet Heer
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In The Last Politician, Franklin Foer offers a portrait of an administration at odds with itself.
Mar 11, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Osita Nwanevu
“Dune” and the Allegories of Empire “Dune” and the Allegories of Empire
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, David Klion on the science fiction epic with real world echoes.
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Mar 8, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte
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A Nation reader from American Fiction to The Zone of Interest
Mar 8, 2024 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Lyn Hejinian’s Counterlife Lyn Hejinian’s Counterlife
The pioneering poet expanded the possibilities of both poetry and autobiographical writing.
Mar 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Ryan Ruby
The Enchanted Worlds of Marshall Sahlins The Enchanted Worlds of Marshall Sahlins
What if we saw the study of ghosts, gods, and other metapersons as worthy of a science of its own?
Mar 6, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Anna Della Subin