November 28, 1960: Richard Wright Dies November 28, 1960: Richard Wright Dies
“Mr. Wright’s style often reminds one of a stream ‘riled’ by a heavy storm.”
Nov 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
November 26, 1863: Abraham Lincoln Proclaims Thanksgiving Day November 26, 1863: Abraham Lincoln Proclaims Thanksgiving Day
“Thanksgiving Day has not a genuine ring. Somehow it sounds ill-suited to the times.”
Nov 26, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Is Serious Landscape Painting Still Possible? Is Serious Landscape Painting Still Possible?
Maureen Gallace’s fresh and enigmatic work indicates that it is.
Nov 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Conductor of the Anonymous Conductor of the Anonymous
In her oral histories, Svetlana Alexievich orchestrates the voices of Russians trying to reconcile the irreconciliable.
Nov 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Benech
Real, Realist, Realistic, and False Real, Realist, Realistic, and False
Linda Rosenkrantz’s 1968 quasi-novel Talk reminds us that wry self-awareness and anxious fragility are hardly millennial inventions.
Nov 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld
Through the Slaughter Through the Slaughter
and Bialik Sky—have mercy. When flechettes fly forth from a shell, shot by a tank taking Ezekiel’s chariot’s name— When their thin fins invisibly whiz, whiflling the air…
Nov 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Peter Cole
Puzzle No. 3382 Puzzle No. 3382
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Hater, 19 (12) 7 Trade hands after a turn (4) 11 Surrealist poet had ultimately made a choice (5) 12 19 heros beat…
Nov 25, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Letters From the December 14, 2015, Issue Letters From the December 14, 2015, Issue
Sanders, Denmark, and Debs… tourists at the end of life… all that jive… food for the mind… one side of the story…
Nov 25, 2015 / Our Readers
Ben Carson Isn’t the Only US Politician With a Hand in Shady Latin American Dealings Ben Carson Isn’t the Only US Politician With a Hand in Shady Latin American Dealings
Duane Clarridge’s Iran/Contra history is horrifying—but it’s no worse than Hillary Clinton’s record in Colombia.
Nov 25, 2015 / Greg Grandin