Ben Lerner, Personal Poet Ben Lerner, Personal Poet
In his first collection of verse in over a decade, he applies the lessons of his successful, self-conscious prose.
Jan 31, 2024 / Books & the Arts / David Schurman Wallace
Video Games, War, and Capitalism—With Adam Ganser and Michael Swaim Video Games, War, and Capitalism—With Adam Ganser and Michael Swaim
On this episode of the American Prestige podcast, a discussion on the confluence of history, US foreign policy, and capitalism in video games.
Jan 30, 2024 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison
The Future of Classical Music Is Queer The Future of Classical Music Is Queer
There’s a new vitality in the classical music scene—and it would simply not exist without the creativity and support of queer people.
Jan 29, 2024 / Max Keller
The First Time the Nazis Tried to Take Power The First Time the Nazis Tried to Take Power
The year that broke Germany.
Jan 29, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
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Jan 29, 2024 / Poems / Valerie Hsiung
Letters From the Apocalypse Letters From the Apocalypse
Palestinian writers George Abraham and Sarah Aziza were in the middle of an ongoing correspondence. Then came October 7.
Jan 29, 2024 / George Abraham and Sarah Aziza
When Her Neighbors Began Dying, the World Looked Away When Her Neighbors Began Dying, the World Looked Away
A new podcast takes us back to the early days of the HIV/AIDS crisis, when a mystery virus began spreading among New York’s Black and brown communities.
Jan 25, 2024 / Lizzy Ratner
Isabella Hammad’s Novel of Art and Exile in Palestine Isabella Hammad’s Novel of Art and Exile in Palestine
Enter the Ghost looks at a group of Palestinians who try to put on a production of Hamlet in the occupied West Bank.
Jan 25, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Raja Shehadeh
New Hampshire Left And Right, Plus Frantz Fanon Today New Hampshire Left And Right, Plus Frantz Fanon Today
On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols analyzes the first primary of 2024, and Adam Shatz talks about his new book, The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Fra...
Jan 24, 2024 / Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson and the Battle Over US History Heather Cox Richardson and the Battle Over US History
One interpretation presents the country as irredeemably tainted by its past. Another contends that the United States has also tended toward egalitarianism.
Jan 24, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein