Martin Hägglund’s Case for Socialism Martin Hägglund’s Case for Socialism
If we knew there were no afterlife, would we make this life better?
Sep 23, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon
Puzzle No. 3510 Puzzle No. 3510
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 and 14D At the 11th hour, securing bishop left in the custody of libertine singer-actor (6,10) 4 Excerpt from “Ess…
Sep 19, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Margaret Atwood Shouldn’t Exonerate Aunt Lydia Margaret Atwood Shouldn’t Exonerate Aunt Lydia
The Testaments, Atwood’s sequel to Handmaid’s Tale, gives undue credit to Gilead’s misogynistic female enabler.
Sep 19, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
How Should We Remember the Art of Emil Nolde? How Should We Remember the Art of Emil Nolde?
A recent show in Berlin grapples with the legacy of a prominent German modernist who was a supporter of Nazism but whose art was derided by Nazis.
Sep 19, 2019 / Barry Schwabsky
Does This Nearly 1,000-Page-Long Sentence Encapsulate the Anxiety of American Life? Does This Nearly 1,000-Page-Long Sentence Encapsulate the Anxiety of American Life?
Lucy Ellmann’s novel Ducks, Newburyport provides a comprehensive diagnosis of one citizen’s very modern alienation.
Sep 19, 2019 / Dustin Illingworth
A Haitian Music Oral History That Bends Space and Time A Haitian Music Oral History That Bends Space and Time
Nathalie Joachim’s debut album, Fanm d’Ayiti, bridges vast expanses, bringing together the sounds of Haitian folk music, Western classical music, electronic, and hints of pop.
Sep 18, 2019 / David Hajdu
The Business of Being Taylor Swift The Business of Being Taylor Swift
Her latest album, Lover, has been heralded as a return to form. It also presents an opportunity to understand the pop star’s many contradictions.
Sep 18, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Olivia Horn
How to Send a Message of Solidarity to People in Migrant Detention How to Send a Message of Solidarity to People in Migrant Detention
A new project called Flowers on the Inside allows people to send postcards featuring art from undocumented immigrants to detained migrants.
Sep 17, 2019 / Tina Vasquez
Trump’s Lies Are Getting Even Worse Trump’s Lies Are Getting Even Worse
We can barely remember what last week’s scandal was, and that’s a real problem.
Sep 17, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society Starts Its Third Annual Petition Drive for the Abolition of the Interstate Slave Trade and Slavery in Washington, DC, and the Territories (1836) The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society Starts Its Third Annual Petition Drive for the Abolition of the Interstate Slave Trade and Slavery in Washington, DC, and the Territories (1836)
Letters and pamphlets are good. Petitions, better: Ye who have pens, prepare to use them now. We’re going to need all of you to go house to house to collect signatures. We’ve been…
Sep 17, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Melissa Range