Getting the Last Word Getting the Last Word
MSNBC has renewed Lawrence O’Donnell’s contract, and, for now, the network’s increasingly conservative tilt is on hold.
Jun 3, 2017 / Leslie Savan
Al Franken, Giant of the Senate, Is the Perfect Anti-Trump Al Franken, Giant of the Senate, Is the Perfect Anti-Trump
His new memoir will have people talking up a presidential run, even though Franken denies interest.
Jun 2, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Czesław Miłosz’s Space Travels Czesław Miłosz’s Space Travels
Having spent four decades in exile, the Polish poet discovered a homeland in his writing.
Jun 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Stephanie Burt
Diana Trilling’s Discontents Diana Trilling’s Discontents
To keep up with the New York Intellectuals, Diana Trilling forgot—and forgave—nothing.
Jun 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
The Frontiers of American Capitalism The Frontiers of American Capitalism
Noam Maggor’s new book captures how it took both sides of the American continent to revitalize the economy after the Civil War.
Jun 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Thoreau: A Radical for All Seasons Thoreau: A Radical for All Seasons
The surprising persistence of Henry David Thoreau.
Jun 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Jedediah Britton-Purdy
Letters From the June 19-26, 2017, Issue Letters From the June 19-26, 2017, Issue
McCarthyism: past or present?… Implausible deniability… Lessons from Carrier… An admiring bog… Electing the future (web-only)…
Jun 1, 2017 / Our Readers
The Two Women’s Movements The Two Women’s Movements
Feminism has been on the march since the 1970s, but so has the conservative backlash.
Jun 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
J.M. Coetzee’s Essential Protestantism J.M. Coetzee’s Essential Protestantism
In his last two novels, Coetzee has tried to recover the scandal and strangeness of early Christianity.
Jun 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Adam Kirsch
Puzzle No. 3434 Puzzle No. 3434
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 7 It ends the discussion with 27 incorrectly (4,4) 9 Heavenly body is the butt of fifth graders’ jokes (6) 10 Actors…
Jun 1, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto