A Theater Without Qualities A Theater Without Qualities
Immersive theater has no real style—except to fetishize its look.
Sep 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Ricky D’Ambrose
China’s New Frontiers China’s New Frontiers
How Africa and China’s own borderlands became the center of Beijing’s new empire.
Sep 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Audrea Lim
Poetry and Catastrophe Poetry and Catastrophe
By privileging historical catastrophe, a new poetry anthology narrows the definition of art.
Sep 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Paloff
Extinction Pop Extinction Pop
Choreographed for maximum appeal, pop culture likes to say yes. History is made by those who say no.
Sep 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
The Pretense of Balanced Debate: Behind the Media’s Blackout of Antiwar Views The Pretense of Balanced Debate: Behind the Media’s Blackout of Antiwar Views
Eric on this week's concerts and Reed on the two-party debate that has only one, pro-war side.
Sep 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
5 Books to Build a Movement for Education Justice 5 Books to Build a Movement for Education Justice
A former public school teacher and union organizer picks his favorites.
Sep 24, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Kenzo Shibata
Looking Backward: James Campbell Reviews His Own 1982 ‘Nation’ Essay on Leaving Scotland Looking Backward: James Campbell Reviews His Own 1982 ‘Nation’ Essay on Leaving Scotland
“How can I have seemed so settled in my opinions? So smug in my attitudes?”
Sep 24, 2014 / Books & the Arts / James Campbell and Back Issues
Life in the Ruins Life in the Ruins
How the destruction of architectural treasures became a weapon in Syria’s ongoing civil war.
Sep 23, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel
Under Pressure Under Pressure
How much of the pressure of reality can a work of art bear before it ceases to be art?
Sep 23, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Resource Privilege The Resource Privilege
How law firms and lobbyists protect and whitewash petroleum dictatorships.
Sep 23, 2014 / Books & the Arts / James North