Never-Endings Never-Endings
Georges Perec’s books are designed to stir readers to think actively, freshly, and imaginatively about what could have been, and what might come next.
Aug 3, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scott
Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation
They way to see the author’s satire of small-village life whole is to see the translations multiplied.
Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
Kill List Kill List
1.At a certain distance, it looks like a poem. 2.Transliterated, maybe, from the Arabic. 3.Short lined. 4.Short lived. 5.At a certain distance, it reads beautifully. 6.What its…
Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Amit Majmudar
Where Is the New Cyberfeminism? Where Is the New Cyberfeminism?
Virtual reality remains stuck in age-old ideas about women and their bodies.
Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Cecilia D’Anastasio
The ‘Ghostbusters’ Trolls Were Right The ‘Ghostbusters’ Trolls Were Right
In one sense: The jokes do change when the characters are women, who incite you to laugh through a graveyard of America’s bloody history.
Jul 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Donald Trump Blueprint The Donald Trump Blueprint
Trump inhabits interiors in lieu of an interior life and shows them off with hyperbolic self-celebration. Gilt by association!
Jul 26, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Across the Border Across the Border
A new biography of William Henry Ellis reminds us how much we still don’t know about the elusive history of racial subterfuge in America.
Jul 21, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Michael A. Elliott
The Partisan Reviewer The Partisan Reviewer
In two recent essay collections, Tim Parks explores why we bother with reading and writing books.
Jul 21, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld
Top 10 Woody Guthrie Songs Top 10 Woody Guthrie Songs
Guthrie composed some of the most powerful protest songs ever written.
Jul 15, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg
Out of Sight, Top of Mind Out of Sight, Top of Mind
A new book conveys the powerful role photography plays in sports. But the photographers are still something of a mystery.
Jul 15, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ian F. Blair