There’s No Band Quite Like Big Thief There’s No Band Quite Like Big Thief
Wrapped into its new album U.F.O.F.’s delicate folds are fragility and resilience, love and trauma, nature and ether, enclosure and space, light and dark.
Jun 4, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Olivia Horn
Robert Mueller, American Sphinx Robert Mueller, American Sphinx
Insufficient evidence is not evidence of insufficiency...or something.
Jun 4, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Ishmael Reed Tries to Undo the Damage ‘Hamilton’ Has Wrought Ishmael Reed Tries to Undo the Damage ‘Hamilton’ Has Wrought
His new play, The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda, is an extremely earnest attempt to show Miranda the many errors of his blockbuster musical.
Jun 3, 2019 / Nawal Arjini
The Tangled History of American and Israeli Exceptionalism The Tangled History of American and Israeli Exceptionalism
Amy Kaplan’s new book examines the pioneering cultural myths that have tied Israel and the United States together.
Jun 3, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Rashid Khalidi
Navigating Freedom With Cass Sunstein Navigating Freedom With Cass Sunstein
When nudges won’t set you free.
Jun 3, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Remembering Tony Horwitz, Intrepid Traveler and Chronicler of the South Remembering Tony Horwitz, Intrepid Traveler and Chronicler of the South
A kindred spirit to Frederick Law Olmsted, Horwitz heard antebellum echoes everywhere.
May 31, 2019 / Jamie Stiehm
Melii Is Not Playing Around Melii Is Not Playing Around
The Afro-Latina Harlem rapper’s brash music slides seamlessly between languages, cultures, and the boundaries of genre.
May 30, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez
Barry Lopez and the Innocence of Boomer Travel Writing Barry Lopez and the Innocence of Boomer Travel Writing
For readers of younger generations, Lopez’s memoir of traversing the most storied locales on Earth is a chronicle of the ultimate luxury.
May 30, 2019 / Rachel Riederer
Puzzle No. 3501 Puzzle No. 3501
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 At first, acute pressure to back up claims (7) 5 Like one receiving a pension or new wheels? (7) 9 En route, I sm…
May 30, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Imani Perry’s Liberation Feminism Imani Perry’s Liberation Feminism
The African-American studies professor sits down with The Nation to discuss books, Beyoncé, and the radical potential of the academy.
May 29, 2019 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini