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The 9/11 Museum Is an Atrocity Exhibition

The 9/11 Museum Is an Atrocity Exhibition The 9/11 Museum Is an Atrocity Exhibition

These New Yorkers want to transform the September 11 museum, but can it be anything other than a purveyor of War on Terror propaganda?

Oct 3, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman

The Ghosts of Lorrie Moore

The Ghosts of Lorrie Moore The Ghosts of Lorrie Moore

An enigmatic new novel retells a disorienting story about death, love, the Civil War, and everything in-between. 

Oct 3, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Erin Somers

Iman Mersal’s Lost Cairo

Iman Mersal’s Lost Cairo Iman Mersal’s Lost Cairo

In Threshold, the poet revisits a city that transformed her and a generation of radical artists and intellectuals. 

Oct 3, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Amir-Hussein Radjy

Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman celebrates his victory

Schumer Drops Senatorial Dress Code Schumer Drops Senatorial Dress Code

Oct 3, 2023 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Naomi Klein’s Quest to Understand Her Double

Naomi Klein’s Quest to Understand Her Double Naomi Klein’s Quest to Understand Her Double

In her new book, a case of mistaken identity reveals how life online and off has become more and more polarized. 

Oct 2, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Laura Kipnis

Teju Cole and the Forking Paths of Autofiction

Teju Cole and the Forking Paths of Autofiction Teju Cole and the Forking Paths of Autofiction

Books & the Arts / October 2, 2023 A Multitude of Selves Teju Cole and the forking paths of autofiction. Teju Cole and the Forking Paths of Autofiction In Tremor, the novel…

Oct 2, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Tope Folarin

Liberties: A Magazine in Revolt Against the New

Liberties: A Magazine in Revolt Against the New Liberties: A Magazine in Revolt Against the New

Tolerance, rigor, open-mindedness, and a willingness to countenance doubt and contradiction apparently are all values the magazine champions in theory but tends to ignore in pract...

Oct 2, 2023 / Books & the Arts / David Klion

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Letters From the October 16/23, 2023, Issue Letters From the October 16/23, 2023, Issue

Island records… The West Wing… Corrections… Class grievances (web only)… 

Sep 30, 2023 / Our Readers

Mara Marques Cavallaro holding a photo of her grandmother.

50 Years Ago, My Family Fled Chile. This Year, I Returned. 50 Years Ago, My Family Fled Chile. This Year, I Returned.

I went to Chile for the anniversary of the 1973 coup to trace the country's painful history—and my own.

Sep 29, 2023 / Mara Marques Cavallaro

Lydia Davis, 2018.

Why You Can’t Buy Lydia Davis’s New Book on Amazon Why You Can’t Buy Lydia Davis’s New Book on Amazon

Our Strangers is more than a beguiling collection of short fiction: It represents a stand against what might be killing the book industry.

Sep 28, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer

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