Self-Portrait as a Shadow Self-Portrait as a Shadow
for V. Lamar Word is I wasn’t born so much as skimmed off another living thing by a source of light. Let’s just say that you are light-skinned and the back of my mom’s hand is a co…
Nov 8, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Cortney Lamar Charleston
Puzzle No. 3482 Puzzle No. 3482
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Going back and forth sick during time off (11) 7 and 27 Criticize crack in closet (6) 9 One interrupting Presiden…
Nov 8, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
When the World Tried to Outlaw War When the World Tried to Outlaw War
What, if anything, can we learn from the 1928 Paris Peace Pact?
Nov 8, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Wertheim
No Corroborating Evidence… No Corroborating Evidence…
...to support the president's, um, ‘claims.’
Nov 6, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
The Public’s Mobile Unit Restores the Mission of Theater The Public’s Mobile Unit Restores the Mission of Theater
A Midwestern tour of Sweat, staged in community spaces, invites its audience into the play.
Nov 2, 2018 / Elizabeth Pochoda
Apocalyptic Climate Reporting Completely Misses the Point Apocalyptic Climate Reporting Completely Misses the Point
Recent news commentary ignored the UN climate report’s cautiously optimistic findings.
Nov 2, 2018 / Daniel Aldana Cohen
Why Is WWE Creating Propaganda for Saudi Arabia? Why Is WWE Creating Propaganda for Saudi Arabia?
Friday’s Crown Jewel in Riyadh will likely be another infomercial for the monarchy disguised as pro wrestling.
Nov 1, 2018 / David Bixenspan
For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow
Through bravery and pain, she wrote with fierce love for young black women.
Nov 1, 2018 / Rebecca Carroll
Conspiracy Theories Are Not Entertainment Conspiracy Theories Are Not Entertainment
New York’s art world explores the paranoia haunting American politics.
Oct 31, 2018 / Zachary Small
Julia Holter’s Weightless Grace Julia Holter’s Weightless Grace
Meditating on death, decay, and ancient tragedy, the California composer’s new album, Aviary, finds calm in darkness.
Oct 30, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sasha Geffen