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The Magic of Denis Johnson

The Magic of Denis Johnson The Magic of Denis Johnson

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden isn't exactly a sequel to Jesus’ Son, but it has the same breezy, epiphanic quality.

May 9, 2018 / Books & the Arts / J. Robert Lennon

Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters in the ’60s

Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters in the ’60s Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters in the ’60s

They weren’t friends, and they weren’t all of the same generation, but they all shared a similar view of how we should relate to nature. 

May 9, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bill McKibben

All About Pace

All About Pace All About Pace

For all its commercial mass, Avengers: Infinity War floats along as if it were any other item on a day’s menu of diversions.

May 4, 2018 / Stuart Klawans

Pledge of Allegiance by Dorothea Lange

No Barbed Wire, No Guard Towers No Barbed Wire, No Guard Towers

The photographic legacy of the WWII-era detainment of Japanese Americans is itself a product of historical forces.  

May 4, 2018 / Madeleine Han

Can Yanis Varoufakis Save Europe?

Can Yanis Varoufakis Save Europe? Can Yanis Varoufakis Save Europe?

At a moment when many on the right and left have abandoned the European project, Greece’s former finance minister has other plans for the continent.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Joseph Conrad and the Dawn of Globalization

Joseph Conrad and the Dawn of Globalization Joseph Conrad and the Dawn of Globalization

What passes for civilization is often just refined savagery.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

Mothering Under Capitalism

Mothering Under Capitalism Mothering Under Capitalism

Jacqueline Rose and the politics of motherhood.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Merve Emre

Puzzle No. 3466

Puzzle No. 3466 Puzzle No. 3466

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  8, 14A and 26 See 12 (2,8,2,8,4,7,4,4,2-4) 10 Pro-Democratic pyromaniac, initially enthusiastic about something that…

May 3, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Timothy Snyder’s Bleak Vision

Timothy Snyder’s Bleak Vision Timothy Snyder’s Bleak Vision

In The Road to Unfreedom, Snyder’s vision of history driven by rival states and ruthless statesmen undermines his own insistence on the importance of individual responsibility.&nbs...

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Pinkham

Moby’s Relentless Pursuit of Authenticity

Moby’s Relentless Pursuit of Authenticity Moby’s Relentless Pursuit of Authenticity

His new album, Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt, sounds teleported directly from 1999.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

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