The Songs of Canceled Men The Songs of Canceled Men
A new book revisits the lives of artists like James Brown, Elvis Presley, and Frank Sinatra and asks how music criticism can reckon with the lives of immoral artists.
Nov 19, 2019 / Joe Bucciero
Ted Chiang’s Sci-Fi Goes Beyond the Promise of Technology Ted Chiang’s Sci-Fi Goes Beyond the Promise of Technology
In his short story collection Exhalation, he builds social worlds where every character and object is deeply intertwined in history and in future possibility.
Nov 19, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
Mati Diop’s ‘Atlantics’ Is a Startling Study of Power Mati Diop’s ‘Atlantics’ Is a Startling Study of Power
As the contemporary film landscape heralds the coming of a class war, Diop’s beautiful movie reckons with capital and labor in groundbreaking fashion.
Nov 18, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Namwali Serpell
How Should We Remember the Puritans? How Should We Remember the Puritans?
In his new book, Daniel Rodgers not only offers a close reading of Puritan history but also seeks to rescue their early critique of market economy.
Nov 18, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Delbanco
Secret US Intelligence Files Provide History’s Verdict on Argentina’s Dirty War Secret US Intelligence Files Provide History’s Verdict on Argentina’s Dirty War
Recently declassified documents constitute a gruesome and sadistic catalog of state terrorism.
Nov 18, 2019 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh
Who Gets to Tell the Story of a Lost Music Culture? Who Gets to Tell the Story of a Lost Music Culture?
A new archival collection of little-heard music from the Balkans prompts questions of how and why we recover sounds from history.
Nov 15, 2019 / David Hajdu
Puzzle No. 3516 Puzzle No. 3516
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Transportation cost is reasonable, we hear (4) 3 Irreverent person mixed maple and herbs (10) 10 Brown wood with t…
Nov 14, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Liz Phair on Everyday ‘Horror Stories’ Liz Phair on Everyday ‘Horror Stories’
The Grammy-nominated musician speaks to The Nation about her new memoir.
Nov 14, 2019 / Dave Zirin
How Will Americans Remember Donald Trump? How Will Americans Remember Donald Trump?
If the past is prologue, Trump will face no historical reckoning for his sprawling malfeasance.
Nov 14, 2019 / Column / Aaron Ross Coleman
Carmen Maria Machado’s Genre-Bending Memoir Will Complicate Your Ideas of Queerness Carmen Maria Machado’s Genre-Bending Memoir Will Complicate Your Ideas of Queerness
In the Dream House provides a new blueprint for how to write about queer abuse.
Nov 14, 2019 / Christopher Gonzalez