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Little Pharma on Rooms

Little Pharma on Rooms Little Pharma on Rooms

She thinks in a smaller hospital She would remember each face With some embarrassment She can remember all the rooms 1421 From whose eaves pigeons tumble Its permanent winter of sh…

Jul 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Laura Kolbe

For My Wife, Who Is Writing a Collection of Stories Called ‘Homescar’

For My Wife, Who Is Writing a Collection of Stories Called ‘Homescar’ For My Wife, Who Is Writing a Collection of Stories Called ‘Homescar’

Rocks are notched with sea limpets, and the pockets limpets leave once they’ve sealed into the rock and know themselves most inside it, shell swelling, softening the stone. You can…

Jul 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Nomi Stone

The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’

The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’ The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’

The television adaptation of the Sally Rooney novel depicts how people can fall in love in a world structured by power.

Jul 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Trump Is Lawless Trump Is Lawless

Trump’s delusional tantrums would almost be funny if they weren’t so dangerous. 

Jul 28, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

A Century of Struggle in Palestine

A Century of Struggle in Palestine A Century of Struggle in Palestine

Rashid Khalidi’s new history offers a political and personal portrait of more than a hundred years of colonization and resistance in Palestine.

Jul 27, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Kaleem Hawa

Tribute to a True Prophet

Tribute to a True Prophet Tribute to a True Prophet

"All of us must get in the revolution."- John Lewis (2/21/40—07/17/20) in his original draft of the March on Washington

Jul 23, 2020 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández

How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing

How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing

Rosemary Mayer’s journal from 1971 illuminates not just her work but also how a creative person makes sense of a life.

Jul 23, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Thea Ballard

Is Our Generation Ready to Take Up the Torch That John Lewis Lit?

Is Our Generation Ready to Take Up the Torch That John Lewis Lit? Is Our Generation Ready to Take Up the Torch That John Lewis Lit?

As legends like Lewis pass away, I wonder whether we’re prepared to become the new elders. 

Jul 23, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal

Naomi Klein: Pandemic Capitalism and the Black Lives Matter Protests

Naomi Klein: Pandemic Capitalism and the Black Lives Matter Protests Naomi Klein: Pandemic Capitalism and the Black Lives Matter Protests

Plus Zoë Carpenter on Portland, and Ivy Meeropol on Roy Cohn.

Jul 23, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’

Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’ Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’

Flitting between the intimate and the impersonal, the poet’s photographic project Memory is a hallmark of American conceptualism.

Jul 22, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Tausif Noor

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