The Parachutist The Parachutist
I was smoking a cigarette in the backyard after a long day at work, when a man in a parachute fell from the sky, right into the lilac bushes. I tossed the cigarette and ran up to h…
Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jose Hernandez Diaz
Agustín Fernández Mallo’s Novel About Everything Agustín Fernández Mallo’s Novel About Everything
The Spanish writer’s sprawling Nocilla trilogy is a contemporary epic.
Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jessica Loudis
Puzzle No. 3492 Puzzle No. 3492
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Fixed place of exile, with blanket resistance I repelled (11) 7, 27D, 28, and 1D Academic in England or Massachuse…
Mar 14, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Lost Internationalism of Wendell Willkie The Lost Internationalism of Wendell Willkie
David Levering Lewis’s new biography recovers Willkie’s anti-imperialist vision.
Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Zipp
What Happened to Wisconsin? What Happened to Wisconsin?
The fight over the once-progressive state.
Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / John B. Judis
Hunting for Lions and Liberation Hunting for Lions and Liberation
Rachel Ingalls’s 1983 novel Binstead’s Safari is a fable-like account of the price of feminism and the freedom from domesticity.
Mar 13, 2019 / Maya Binyam
The Green New Compromise The Green New Compromise
Coming soon, to an op-ed near you!
Mar 12, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
What’s the Value of an Athlete’s Labor? What’s the Value of an Athlete’s Labor?
Steven Soderbergh’s imaginative new film, High Flying Bird, teases out alternative ideas of work, ownership, and agency, in sports and beyond.
Mar 11, 2019 / Stephen Kearse
In Memoriam: Mike Oliver In Memoriam: Mike Oliver
The British sociologist revolutionized the field of disability studies.
Mar 8, 2019 / Ravi Malhotra