Fable of the Firstborn Fable of the Firstborn
In the beginning, I was neither image nor identity. Time was a quickening; I was my own dark-watered well. There was no hankering there, just another native world and its wishes. W…
Mar 29, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Tarfia Faizullah
Puzzle No. 3462 Puzzle No. 3462
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Buddy, heading west with newlywed, takes in German university town (9) 6 Mailer avoiding northern holiday celebrat…
Mar 29, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
What to Do About the Police? What to Do About the Police?
Two new books examine the austerity policies and administrative overreach behind the expansion of local law enforcement.
Mar 29, 2018 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
The Left’s Embrace of Empire The Left’s Embrace of Empire
The history of the left in the United States is a history of betrayal.
Mar 28, 2018 / Lyle Jeremy Rubin
Coming to Terms With Ezra Pound’s Politics Coming to Terms With Ezra Pound’s Politics
What is the relationship between Pound’s fascism and his poetry?
Mar 28, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Evan Kindley
Trump’s Brain Is the Black Hole of the Universe Trump’s Brain Is the Black Hole of the Universe
We are all trapped in a dense, Trump-centered vortex.
Mar 27, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
Joyce J. Scott’s Coexisting Forces Joyce J. Scott’s Coexisting Forces
Scott’s art is unabashedly political, broaching subjects like guns, racism, and misogyny. It’s also gorgeous, rich with tactile materials, color, and an attention to light.
Mar 26, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Jillian Steinhauer
On a Sentence by Fernanda Melchor On a Sentence by Fernanda Melchor
¿Qué es lo más cabrón que te ha pasado en la vida? The most fucked-up thing to happen to me? Addled by busyness, I crumpled my life and let it drop and then I outlived my life, roc…
Mar 23, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Forrest Gander
A Recognizable Dystopia A Recognizable Dystopia
Leni Zumas’s Red Clocks suggests a different method for fashioning a dystopian novel.
Mar 23, 2018 / Mike Mariani
