A Driftless Son A Driftless Son
It came to me to sell the family farm, shift its failures to a man who planned to occupy the place for recreation, to hunt the deer that spook and shadow in the pines, …
Feb 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Mark Wunderlich
Who Gets to Be British? Who Gets to Be British?
In Imperial Intimacies, Hazel Carby offers her readers a personal and often heartbreaking history of British empire and identity.
Feb 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Gaiutra Bahadur
The ‘Parasite’ Oscar Sweep Is a Triumph for South Korean Culture The ‘Parasite’ Oscar Sweep Is a Triumph for South Korean Culture
Bong Joon-ho’s film about the gap between rich and poor challenges English-language dominance in the industry.
Feb 10, 2020 / Tim Shorrock
The Vexed History of Zionism and the Left The Vexed History of Zionism and the Left
A new book asks why the left fell out of love with Zionism, but what it reveals is why liberal Zionists fell out of love with the left.
Feb 10, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Leifer
The Center Is a Decaying Piece of Real Estate The Center Is a Decaying Piece of Real Estate
And Bernie Sanders is the only candidate not clinging to it.
Feb 10, 2020 / Column / Shuja Haider
Between the Old World and the New Between the Old World and the New
On Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole and Patricio Guzmán’s The Cordillera of Dreams.
Feb 7, 2020 / Stuart Klawans
Puzzle No. 3524 Puzzle No. 3524
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Mystery, primarily to a scoundrel: “Am I a nut?” (9) 6 Tailless dog seen east of Georgia range (5) 9 …
Feb 6, 2020 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Stories We Don’t Need to Hear About Doctors and the Ones We Do The Stories We Don’t Need to Hear About Doctors and the Ones We Do
A sequel to the influential but problematic hospital novel House of God shows we need new stories and perspectives about the medical field.
Feb 6, 2020 / Jennifer Bernstein
Newish and Jewish: An Interview With ‘Currents’ Editor Arielle Angel Newish and Jewish: An Interview With ‘Currents’ Editor Arielle Angel
How a revitalized magazine with its roots in American communism captured the Jewish left.
Feb 6, 2020 / Q&A / Sarah M. Seltzer
Expect the Unexpected: On the Music of Hildur Guðnadóttir Expect the Unexpected: On the Music of Hildur Guðnadóttir
Her scores for HBO’s Chernobyl and Todd Phillips’s Joker bring soundtracks into the realm of high art.
Feb 5, 2020 / David Hajdu