Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter
Apollo Theatre, Harlem, NYC 2021.
Oct 27, 2021 / OppArt / Susan Arnot
How the Hell Do We Fix the Creative Writing Workshop? How the Hell Do We Fix the Creative Writing Workshop?
Matthew Salesses’s Craft in the Real World proposes a new way to educate young writers without the baggage of the often biased and bland MFA pedagogy.
Oct 27, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Schaffer-Goddard
The Short, Quixotic History of North Korean Internationalism The Short, Quixotic History of North Korean Internationalism
Benjamin R. Young’s Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader explores how the country turned to isolationism after a failed influence campaign in the mid 20th century.
Oct 26, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Brian Ng
Richard Powers’s Radical Parenting Lessons Richard Powers’s Radical Parenting Lessons
His new novel Bewilderment examines the challenges of raising a child in a slowly dying world.
Oct 25, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Adams
Which Version of Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Reigns Supreme? Which Version of Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Reigns Supreme?
Is the latest posthumous addition to his canon released today the Holy Grail?
Oct 22, 2021 / Column / Ethan Iverson
John Keats’s Politics of Pain and Renewal John Keats’s Politics of Pain and Renewal
Anahid Nersessian offers a radical and unforgettable reading of the British writer’s odes—one that upends our sense of his poetic project.
Oct 21, 2021 / Books & the Arts / David B. Hobbs
In Our Orbit: Dave Zirin’s “The Kaepernick Effect” In Our Orbit: Dave Zirin’s “The Kaepernick Effect”
The Nation’s sports editor has a new book out on the politics of “taking a knee.”
Oct 21, 2021 / Peter Rothberg
Good Neighbors, NO Fences Good Neighbors, NO Fences
Joy and connection as empowerment.
Oct 20, 2021 / OppArt / J. Maya Luz
“Squid Game”’s Capitalist Parables “Squid Game”’s Capitalist Parables
Netflix’s breakout series depicts a world of violent and macabre individualism and desperation.
Oct 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
The Mysteries of the Childhood Memoir The Mysteries of the Childhood Memoir
Richard Wollheim’s Germs is a brilliant and curious example of a genre dedicated to unraveling the riddles of a time we have a hard time remembering.
Oct 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / John Banville