Always Already Alienated Always Already Alienated
Ben Lerner and the novel of detachment.
Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Jon Baskin
American Shooter American Shooter
Clint Eastwood’s shoot ’em up is remorseless, racist fantasy.
Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Forget Where I Heard It Forget Where I Heard It
With pigeon force the air men come clattering. It would be sad if it wasn’t so funny, one swore. Stay out of the nettles. Do not live above the shop. His men may find you there. Otherwise, as coma says, my beans, my peas, my coma get read into the riot act. That comes later. After three decades of futility, you have to ask: Who was this composer? Was he known for anything else? Is the mere survival of the notes justified, or do we all survive this way, more or less?
Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / John Ashbery
Snow Snow
How did we come to this cold place? It is not listed on the maps. The cold has disarranged your face. These memories are not ours, perhaps. But still we must pretend to know the reason for things as they are. We do not recognize the snow. Perhaps that makes us what we are.
Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / William Logan
Feral Gardens Feral Gardens
Danny Cooke’s Postcards from Pripyat, Chernobyl summons a lost history of familiar and alien dreams.
Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Letters Letters
Those were the days; it's not mutual; the school-to-prayer pipeline; bad good guys; Julia M. Klein replies…
Feb 11, 2015 / Our Readers and Julia M. Klein
How to Get Serious About Ending the ISIS War How to Get Serious About Ending the ISIS War
A long-term alternative to war can only be built by popular movements in Iraq and Syria. These movements deserve our solidarity—not our bombs.
Feb 11, 2015 / Sarah Lazare and Foreign Policy In Focus
Puzzle No. 3355 Puzzle No. 3355
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Feb 10, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Scientists: We Cannot Geoengineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis Scientists: We Cannot Geoengineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis
The scariest conclusion of a new comprehensive study is that scientists have no clue what geoengineering would really do to the planet.
Feb 10, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s War on Workers Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s War on Workers
Brazen attacks on unions threaten wages, workplace protections and more.
Feb 10, 2015 / John Nichols