Remembering Frederika Randall (1948–2020) Remembering Frederika Randall (1948–2020)
The Nation’s longtime Rome correspondent died on May 12.
May 28, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan
Funk for the Future Funk for the Future
Nick Hakim’s bracing and politically urgent new album Will This Make Me Good is a different kind of love music.
May 27, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore
The Forgotten Women’s Arts Fellowship That Forged a New Way of Writing The Forgotten Women’s Arts Fellowship That Forged a New Way of Writing
Maggie Doherty’s The Equivalents tells the story of the Bunting Institute, which played a foundational role in the works of Anne Sexton, Maxine Kumin, Tillie Olsen, and more.
May 26, 2020 / Lynne Feeley
Running Out of Stuff to Do? Try Freaking Out Running Out of Stuff to Do? Try Freaking Out
If you get through all of these suggestions, try doing them again!
May 26, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
The Best Way to Lampoon Trump: His Own Words The Best Way to Lampoon Trump: His Own Words
Sarah Cooper has cracked the Trump code with pandemic pantomimes.
May 22, 2020 / Jeet Heer
In the Time of Virtual Cinema In the Time of Virtual Cinema
Theaters big and small have moved to streaming models as their physical locations have temporarily shuttered. Will moviegoing fundamentally change as a result?
May 22, 2020 / Stuart Klawans
Old Radical Truths: Hal Foster’s Theory of Art Criticism Old Radical Truths: Hal Foster’s Theory of Art Criticism
His latest collection is energized by his engagement with sociopolitical trends, but it’s not clear what scope this leaves him to show the art he writes about as anything more than...
May 21, 2020 / Barry Schwabsky
A Fairy-Tale Theory of Hillary Clinton A Fairy-Tale Theory of Hillary Clinton
Curtis Sittenfeld’s Rodham imagines an alternate version of history where Hillary can live her life (and succeed) without the baggage of Bill.
May 20, 2020 / Sophia Nguyen
Barr Drops the Case Against Flynn Barr Drops the Case Against Flynn
A pass for Flynn, Barr thought, might be quite nice, Despite the fact that Flynn pled guilty twice. To Barr, the law’s whatever serves his boss. For that he sees no line he wouldn&…
May 19, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin
