Kill List Kill List
1.At a certain distance, it looks like a poem. 2.Transliterated, maybe, from the Arabic. 3.Short lined. 4.Short lived. 5.At a certain distance, it reads beautifully. 6.What its…
Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Amit Majmudar
Puzzle No. 3404 Puzzle No. 3404
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Fall to pieces and perish, concealing transgression to get back at informer (12) 9 Leaders of Egypt might begin ex…
Jul 28, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Where Is the New Cyberfeminism? Where Is the New Cyberfeminism?
Virtual reality remains stuck in age-old ideas about women and their bodies.
Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Cecilia D’Anastasio
The ‘Ghostbusters’ Trolls Were Right The ‘Ghostbusters’ Trolls Were Right
In one sense: The jokes do change when the characters are women, who incite you to laugh through a graveyard of America’s bloody history.
Jul 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Donald Trump Blueprint The Donald Trump Blueprint
Trump inhabits interiors in lieu of an interior life and shows them off with hyperbolic self-celebration. Gilt by association!
Jul 26, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
A Worker Broke a Window at Yale and Shed Light on History A Worker Broke a Window at Yale and Shed Light on History
The vestige of American slavery had long gone politely ignored amid the polished Oxonian interiors of the rarefied university.
Jul 25, 2016 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen
Melania’s Law: What Can Go Wrong, Will Go Wrong Melania’s Law: What Can Go Wrong, Will Go Wrong
A humorous response to the RNC.
Jul 22, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan
Across the Border Across the Border
A new biography of William Henry Ellis reminds us how much we still don’t know about the elusive history of racial subterfuge in America.
Jul 21, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Michael A. Elliott
The Partisan Reviewer The Partisan Reviewer
In two recent essay collections, Tim Parks explores why we bother with reading and writing books.
Jul 21, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld
Why Don’t People Watch Women’s Sports? Why Don’t People Watch Women’s Sports?
Ask sports journalists.
Jul 20, 2016 / Amanda Ottaway