Culture

The Trials of Jimmy Carter

The Trials of Jimmy Carter The Trials of Jimmy Carter

 The president without a party.

Jul 5, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

Katharine Gates’s Anthropology of Kink

Katharine Gates’s Anthropology of Kink Katharine Gates’s Anthropology of Kink

The republication of Deviant Desires provides an opportunity to consider notions of sexuality that are often ignored or minimized elsewhere.

Jul 3, 2018 / Cassidy Dawn Graves

The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire

The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire

The radical vision of the Martinique poet and politician.

Jul 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David B. Hobbs

Roger Scruton’s Conservative Moment

Roger Scruton’s Conservative Moment Roger Scruton’s Conservative Moment

Scruton’s new book is framed as an “invitation to the great tradition” of the right—but what it offers is anachronistic and hopelessly obscure.

Jul 2, 2018 / Joseph Hogan

Rethinking Cultural Currents of the South

Rethinking Cultural Currents of the South Rethinking Cultural Currents of the South

Two new projects remind us of the cultural potency of the region.

Jun 28, 2018 / Elizabeth Pochoda

Woman protests Thomas Homan

Against Civility Against Civility

You can’t fight injustice with decorum.

Jun 27, 2018 / Sarah Leonard

Almost Eden

Almost Eden Almost Eden

Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace offers deep sorrow and great hope, as well as a direct line to a substratum of the American imagination.

Jun 27, 2018 / Stuart Klawans

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Well-Oiled Trump Machine Gets to Work on Family Separation Well-Oiled Trump Machine Gets to Work on Family Separation

It’s all about that MAGA! 

Jun 26, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

Kamasi Washington’s Love Letter

Kamasi Washington’s Love Letter Kamasi Washington’s Love Letter

Heaven and Earth is a bold step in Washington’s attempt to make music that explores deeper states of consciousness.

Jun 22, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

ignore this…

Jun 21, 2018 / Jen Sorensen

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