Solange Searches for Epiphany Solange Searches for Epiphany
Her fourth album, When I Get Home, is a love letter to her hometown of Houston and to her fans, who find solace in her vision of uplift.
Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore
The Parachutist The Parachutist
I was smoking a cigarette in the backyard after a long day at work, when a man in a parachute fell from the sky, right into the lilac bushes. I tossed the cigarette and ran up to h…
Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jose Hernandez Diaz
Agustín Fernández Mallo’s Novel About Everything Agustín Fernández Mallo’s Novel About Everything
The Spanish writer’s sprawling Nocilla trilogy is a contemporary epic.
Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jessica Loudis
The Lost Internationalism of Wendell Willkie The Lost Internationalism of Wendell Willkie
David Levering Lewis’s new biography recovers Willkie’s anti-imperialist vision.
Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Zipp
What Happened to Wisconsin? What Happened to Wisconsin?
The fight over the once-progressive state.
Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / John B. Judis
The Second Baby Explains the Unthinkable The Second Baby Explains the Unthinkable
You feared that you would love my brother more. But terribly, you would love each new child as you love me, as you love him, with proprioceptive selfishness; you could grow a new c…
Mar 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Trousdale
The Unmaking of American Work The Unmaking of American Work
More than any technology, what the gig-economy companies share is the strategy of shifting costs to workers.
Mar 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Malcolm Harris
Toward a Global History of the Communist Party Toward a Global History of the Communist Party
A. James McAdams’s new history examines the tensions between the communist party as an institution and as an ideal.
Mar 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Tony Wood
Susan Orlean’s Tale of Arson and Unfulfilled Dreams Susan Orlean’s Tale of Arson and Unfulfilled Dreams
The Library Book is more than a work of true crime; it is a study of Los Angeles and the burning ambition of the people who flock to it.
Mar 6, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson
The Claustrophobic World of Anna Burns’s ‘Milkman’ The Claustrophobic World of Anna Burns’s ‘Milkman’
Her Man Booker–winning novel offers a haunting look at daily life during The Troubles.
Feb 21, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz