The World Lawrence Ferlinghetti Built The World Lawrence Ferlinghetti Built
As a poet, publisher, and bookstore owner, he helped foster a literary ecosystem where politics and culture for the better seemed possible.
Mar 3, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
France’s New Culture Warriors France’s New Culture Warriors
The notion that the French state would bolster academic freedom by enhancing oversight of what is considered appropriate research is ludicrous on its face. But there’s a deeper iro...
Mar 3, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Cole Stangler
Playboi Carti, Rap Iconoclast Playboi Carti, Rap Iconoclast
His recent album Whole Lotta Red boasts not just rockstar appeal but a sense of self-discovery and experimentation.
Mar 2, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
Danielle Evans’s Poignant Histories of the Present Danielle Evans’s Poignant Histories of the Present
Her new fiction collection The Office of Historical Corrections gives an intimate retelling of some of the debates and protests that defined the last decade.
Feb 25, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jessica Lynne
The Front Lines The Front Lines
On Atlantis, Dear Comrades!, and A Glitch in the Matrix.
Feb 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
New York City and the Persistence of the Atlantic Slave Trade New York City and the Persistence of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Even after slave trade was banned, the United States and New York City, in particular, were complicit in allowing it to persist.
Feb 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Gerald Horne
What Comes After Meritocracy? What Comes After Meritocracy?
The long-standing focus by liberals on meritocratic advancement has isolated the working class.
Feb 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Anderson
Elena Ferrante’s Class Dramas Elena Ferrante’s Class Dramas
Her latest novel, The Lying Life of Adults, mines the contradictions of class identity.
Feb 22, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson
Ephemera Ephemera
Each morning I sit in silence, time slides, changes in my heart, a moss covered cavern where its fire wakes me to a camaraderie of light, my wife waking upstairs to walk to her win…
Feb 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Afaa M. Weaver
What Popular Culture Misunderstands About Addiction What Popular Culture Misunderstands About Addiction
Much of the film and TV we consume misleads audiences with inaccurate and harmful depictions of recovery and treatment.
Feb 18, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Zachary Siegel