‘Hot Sauce in Her Bag’: A Poem for Hillary Clinton ‘Hot Sauce in Her Bag’: A Poem for Hillary Clinton
Over the years, you can learn to appreciate slam poetry—much like Hillary Clinton.
Aug 19, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan
Krista Tippett: Speaking of Faith Krista Tippett: Speaking of Faith
In a new book, the host of NPR’s On Being tries to formulate a unified theory of secular spirituality.
Aug 19, 2016 / Michele Moses
Ghostly Presences Ghostly Presences
Unable to write effectively but unable to remain silent, W.G. Sebald, like the narrator of The Emigrants, is condemned to speak unsatisfactorily.
Aug 17, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld
Naming America’s Own Genocide Naming America’s Own Genocide
In a commanding new book, Benjamin Madley calls California’s 19th-century elected officials “the primary architects of annihilation” against Native Americans in the state. Reading ...
Aug 17, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Richard White
Introducing the Donald Trump Comedy Hour Introducing the Donald Trump Comedy Hour
TV’s newest comedian is famous for not holding back.
Aug 16, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
5 Signs That You’re Paying Too Much Attention to the Election 5 Signs That You’re Paying Too Much Attention to the Election
Step away from the Internet.
Aug 12, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan
Leaving Home to Go Home Leaving Home to Go Home
Yaa Gyasi’s ideas about fiction are suffused with her lifelong attention to the fluctuating shadows that race casts on American life.
Aug 12, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof
Puzzle No. 3405 Puzzle No. 3405
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Lose weight ahead of surprisingly sturdy business opportunity (6,8) 10 “Flipper Returns”: story is comparatively co…
Aug 11, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Best Defense Against Donald Trump The Best Defense Against Donald Trump
Well, that backfired.
Aug 11, 2016 / Steve Brodner
The Gadfly and the Spider The Gadfly and the Spider
Justin E.H. Smith wants to convince academic philosophers that it’s a problem to define philosophy narrowly as a Western endeavor.
Aug 10, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Nausicaa Renner