How Obama-Era Economics Sold Us Short How Obama-Era Economics Sold Us Short
Faced with the shattering 2008 crisis, Obama and his key advisers largely sought to restore the wobbly pre-crisis status quo.
Apr 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Ryan Cooper
Lyric Lyric
Every terror is an angle through which waiting for the universal proves vain is the new fruitful you said. I said how long must lyric prevent us from saying what needs no meaning.
Mar 31, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Zohar Atkins
love poem (you’re a little too good at speaking on my behalf) love poem (you’re a little too good at speaking on my behalf)
you’re a little too good at speaking on my behalf at the holiday dinner I sit between you my mother, her husband, reproduction everywhere and wonder why we pass or do we pass? for…
Mar 31, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Stephanie Young
Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Imagination Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Imagination
What can we learn from the novelist’s sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale?
Mar 31, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Katherine Hill
The Strange and Often Radical Pursuit of Immortality in Russia The Strange and Often Radical Pursuit of Immortality in Russia
A new book looks at the history of a century-long movement to create life after death.
Mar 30, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Pinkham
Carbon Copies Carbon Copies
1- Cattle in the agriculture of a self besieged by the deceit of payback as insurance against extinction. There are other ways. Everything in moderation. The middle path comes afte…
Mar 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Fady Joudah
The Virtues The Virtues
To practice the virtues, you’ll need to ask What a virtuous person would do in a situation Like this one, here in the health-food restaurant, After witnessing the young father, two…
Mar 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Carl Dennis
The Young Lords’ Revolution The Young Lords’ Revolution
A new book looks at the history of the Afro-Latinx radical activist group and how their influence continues to be felt.
Mar 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Ed Morales
How Films Were Made in Cold War Hollywood How Films Were Made in Cold War Hollywood
Lillian Ross’s Picture traces the ways in which the Red Scare shaped a generation’s creative and professional compromises.
Mar 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Max Nelson
The Beautiful, Baffling Mysteries of Paolo Sorrentino’s Vatican The Beautiful, Baffling Mysteries of Paolo Sorrentino’s Vatican
His television series, The Young Pope and The New Pope, tell us a story bigger than one focused on just church or state.
Mar 23, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz