Fly, Pelican, Fly Fly, Pelican, Fly
What’s this all about? Let’s do a list. Die is last. Dawn is first. Underneath it all, the sea tries to say the sea is all there really is. Fly, pelican, fly. It’s not enough to lo…
Nov 30, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jim Moore
Judy Collins Remembers Stephen Sondheim Judy Collins Remembers Stephen Sondheim
The singer and activist writes about discovering the “amazing, creative, thunderous force” of Sondheim’s music.
Nov 30, 2021 / Judy Collins
Giving Josephine Baker a Hero’s Grave Won’t Bury the Truth… Giving Josephine Baker a Hero’s Grave Won’t Bury the Truth…
About France’s republican racism.
Nov 29, 2021 / Feature / Gary Younge
Gayl Jones’s Epic of Liberation Gayl Jones’s Epic of Liberation
In her new novel, Jones offers a story of slavery and freedom in the Americas.
Nov 29, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Farah Jasmine Griffin
John Rawls and Liberalism’s Selective Conscience John Rawls and Liberalism’s Selective Conscience
With its doctrine of fairness, A Theory of Justice transformed political philosophy. But what did it leave out?
Nov 27, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Olúfémi O. Táíwò
Denis Villeneuve’s Humanistic “Dune” Denis Villeneuve’s Humanistic “Dune”
His adaptation was the first to understand the scale—both intimate and epic—the sci-fi novel required to translate to film.
Nov 27, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
When Real Life Feels More Like Science Fiction When Real Life Feels More Like Science Fiction
As almost happened in The War of the Worlds, we could kiss this planet goodbye—and if that’s not science fiction transformed into fact of the first order, what is?
Nov 26, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt
Dennis Cooper’s Love Story of a Lifetime Dennis Cooper’s Love Story of a Lifetime
His new book, I Wished, asks: What can a novel do in the service of remembering a lost love?
Nov 26, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kate Wolf
Diane di Prima and the Dream of the East Village Avant-Garde Diane di Prima and the Dream of the East Village Avant-Garde
The poet’s recently released memoir of the 1960s, Spring and Autumn Annals, is an essential document in the history of New York’s downtown art scene.
Nov 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Lynne Feeley