Whodunit, Ruth Rendell? Whodunit, Ruth Rendell?
The British crime novelist’s work displays a growing acuity of psychological perception and an authority to her moral vision.
Feb 25, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor
‘On the Edge’ Gives No Pleasure ‘On the Edge’ Gives No Pleasure
Rafael Chirbes’s second work to be translated into English operates like a psychological health tonic: It’s corrosive going down, but afterward the effect is invigorating.
Feb 25, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
‘Mission Chinese Food Cookbook’: Tell Them the Truth ‘Mission Chinese Food Cookbook’: Tell Them the Truth
Not all cookbooks would benefit from the Mission treatment, but, perhaps, quite a few memoirs would.
Feb 25, 2016 / Wei Tchou
This Film Is the Gem at a Controversial Oscars This Film Is the Gem at a Controversial Oscars
Last Day of Freedom is a haunting animated film about a veteran sent to death row.
Feb 24, 2016 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
A Larger Life A Larger Life
What A Little Life, the churn of narrative nonfiction, and, thus, likely our real views of victims of trauma are missing is the recognition of agency.
Feb 24, 2016 / Larissa Pham
Who Is the Real Progressive: Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders? Who Is the Real Progressive: Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders?
Four historians consider how the Democratic candidates fit within the history of the Progressive tradition.
Feb 24, 2016 / Kim Phillips-Fein, Charles Postel, Robert Greene II, and Michael Kazin
The Weirdness and Joy of Black Mountain College The Weirdness and Joy of Black Mountain College
Can the art of teaching art be exhibited? No, but people keep trying.
Feb 24, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Harper Lee, 1926–2016 Harper Lee, 1926–2016
Lee belonged to a generation of Southern writers who rejected the racist heritage of their childhoods but not the world that nurtured it.
Feb 22, 2016 / Richard Lingeman
Is Samantha Bee’s Full-Frontal Feminism For or Against Hillary? Is Samantha Bee’s Full-Frontal Feminism For or Against Hillary?
At 46, Bee is right on the cusp of the feminist generational divide that is plaguing Clinton’s campaign.
Feb 19, 2016 / Leslie Savan
Note to Pundits: Stop Lecturing Pope Francis About American Politics Note to Pundits: Stop Lecturing Pope Francis About American Politics
Attacks on the pope misrepresent his message and display the submerged anti-Catholicism in US political life.
Feb 19, 2016 / Joan Walsh