Bertolt Brecht: Poet of Ill Tidings Bertolt Brecht: Poet of Ill Tidings
In his poetry, Brecht captured a world torn apart by war and depression.
Nov 15, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Noah Isenberg
A Guide to the Louisa County Free Negro & Slave Records, 1770–1865 A Guide to the Louisa County Free Negro & Slave Records, 1770–1865
The first box is for all the good white men. The ones who freed their slaves on Christmas. It’s always Christmas in the first box. The day Delpha shall go out. The day Viney shall…
Nov 2, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Kiki Petrosino
Oedipus Oedipus
To end this brother, you climbed the moon to a far country, and never came back. By that I mean when the police broke their way into a room, billowing with suspicion, your body wa…
Nov 2, 2017 / Books & the Arts / D.M. Aderibigbe
The Other Foucault The Other Foucault
What led the French theorist of madness and sexuality to politics?
Nov 2, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins
The Miseducation of Eva Moskowitz The Miseducation of Eva Moskowitz
What does it mean for parents and their children to be “consumers” of education?
Nov 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Megan Erickson
Documentaries, Satires, and Epics: The New York Film Festival Documentaries, Satires, and Epics: The New York Film Festival
What makes a film festival count for more than a tally of masterpieces?
Oct 27, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Gay Bingo at a Pasadena Animal Shelter Gay Bingo at a Pasadena Animal Shelter
My bingo cards are empty, because I’m not paying attention. I can’t hear the numbers, because something inward is being given substance. Then my mother and father appear in the bin…
Oct 26, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Henri Cole
Lincoln: The Great Uncompromiser Lincoln: The Great Uncompromiser
He fought to remake the center—not yield to it.
Oct 26, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Karp
Angela Carter: Breaking the Spell Angela Carter: Breaking the Spell
For the English writer, literature and feminism had the power to upend the fictions that regulate our world
Oct 26, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Namara Smith
Mikhail Gorbachev’s New Thinking Mikhail Gorbachev’s New Thinking
Gorbachev set out to transform the Soviet Union from within. What happened?
Oct 26, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Keith Gessen