Civilian Objects Civilian Objects
Architecture lets us speak of the spoken indirectly.
Oct 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Algeria Algeria
You eat a songbird From beginning to end. You pierce your gums With tiny ribs For a squirt of her liquor Down your throat. Mitterrand hid his pleasure & his shame Under a clean white napkin as His own blood mixed with his last meal. We are kept in the dark To be tender & fat. The ortolan bunting sings A beautiful song & Stains our teeth from behind.
Oct 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Sylvie Baumgartel
Short Pop Short Pop
Film and TV are plagued by duration creep. Just like work—or unemployment.
Oct 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Puzzle No. 3343 Puzzle No. 3343
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Oct 28, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Letters Letters
Waiting for snow in Havana… Rough Rider… Kreitner replies… lowlifes prowl the Net… pri$on$ for profit…
Oct 28, 2014 / Our Readers and Richard Kreitner
Snapshot: The Grass Is Always Greener Snapshot: The Grass Is Always Greener
Thousands of African migrants live in camps in Morocco, just feet away from the luxe Spanish enclave of Melilla, separated from a better life by a nineteen-foot-high border fence. On October 22, twenty migrants made it over, while seventy others were caught on the fence and remained there for hours as white-clad golfers teed off.
Oct 28, 2014 / José Palazón
Misguided Media Hysteria Pervades the 24/7 News Cycle Misguided Media Hysteria Pervades the 24/7 News Cycle
Eric on this week in theater and music and Reed on how the media’s ratings-driven hysterics is warping Ebola coverage.
Oct 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
The Campaign to Gut the Right to Abortion in Tennessee Is Getting Shady The Campaign to Gut the Right to Abortion in Tennessee Is Getting Shady
Anti-abortion groups are using fear, misinformation and possibly even illegal meddling at the polls to push a constitutional amendment that would open the door to restrictive legis...
Oct 28, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Is This Part of Ukraine on the Brink of Ecological Disaster? Is This Part of Ukraine on the Brink of Ecological Disaster?
Climate change is destroying Odessa’s famed Kuyalnik Estuary, where health tourists and war refugees live side by side.
Oct 28, 2014 / Dimiter Kenarov
Trauma, Death, and Forgiveness on the Front Lines of American Life Trauma, Death, and Forgiveness on the Front Lines of American Life
How a surgeon copes with deaths of young Americans from gunshot wounds, and why a mother chose to forgive her son's killer.
Oct 28, 2014 / Studs Terkel