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Lina Meruane

Blindness and Vision Blindness and Vision

In Lina Meruane’s Seeing Red, both the reader and the protagonist learn to see blindness.

Jun 30, 2016 / Aaron Bady

Puzzle No. 3402

Puzzle No. 3402 Puzzle No. 3402

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Legume enthusiast catches Gardner with bare shoulders (4,4)  5 Love to sail to Washington with Native American (6)…

Jun 30, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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Letters From the July 18-25, 2016, Issue Letters From the July 18-25, 2016, Issue

London calling… Sign of the times?… Connecting the dots… Left to her own devices?… Live long and… prosper?… GOP Humpty Dumpty…

Jun 30, 2016 / Our Readers

Instagram and the Fantasy of Mastery

Instagram and the Fantasy of Mastery Instagram and the Fantasy of Mastery

A “look” is a kind of instant style: quickly executed and dispatched, immediately understood and overcharged with incident. It is time for a new view.

Jun 29, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ricky D’Ambrose

Letter From the Palestine Festival of Literature

Letter From the Palestine Festival of Literature Letter From the Palestine Festival of Literature

I had gone to Palestine expecting to see occupation and degradation, but I had not expected to witness my own privilege so starkly.

Jun 28, 2016 / Column / Laila Lalami

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12 Months of Trump 12 Months of Trump

Up next: more totally normal behavior

Jun 28, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

The Big Friendly Director

The Big Friendly Director The Big Friendly Director

Steven Spielberg, who has never shown much interest in human-scaled cinema, makes his self-portrait three stories tall in The BFG.

Jun 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Seeing Appalachia Through the Eyes of Appalachians

Seeing Appalachia Through the Eyes of Appalachians Seeing Appalachia Through the Eyes of Appalachians

Several new media projects are re-envisioning a region long stereotyped as backward and ignorant.

Jun 25, 2016 / Photo Essay / Layne Amerikaner

The Depressing Truth About How Sexism Changes Us

The Depressing Truth About How Sexism Changes Us The Depressing Truth About How Sexism Changes Us

In Sex Object, Jessica Valenti asks “Who would I be if I didn’t live in a world that hated women?”

Jun 24, 2016 / Lauren Duca

This Study of American Fascism, Published in 1990, Is Appallingly Relevant Today

This Study of American Fascism, Published in 1990, Is Appallingly Relevant Today This Study of American Fascism, Published in 1990, Is Appallingly Relevant Today

Donald Trump and neo-Nazis exist along a racist continuum on which it is difficult to draw any lines.

Jun 23, 2016 / Elinor Langer

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