The Anarchic Fun of Vince Staples The Anarchic Fun of Vince Staples
On the rapper’s new album, FM!, he relishes any opportunity to inject gravity and grim contradiction into pure party jams.
Nov 9, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
‘The Wife’ Is a Devastating Portrait of Sexism in the Literary World ‘The Wife’ Is a Devastating Portrait of Sexism in the Literary World
Glenn Close’s masterful performance carries the recent film adaptation of a Meg Wolitzer novel.
Nov 9, 2018 / Leah Rosenzweig
You Need to Know About boygenius You Need to Know About boygenius
A new indie rock supergroup sums up the best of the genre's recent women-led wave.
Nov 8, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Olivia Horn
I Make a Toothpick Diadem & Crown Myself Token I Make a Toothpick Diadem & Crown Myself Token
Pink light sears the marbled bar & the straw in my drink is pastel. On wood-paneled walls, American Traditional paintings of my goddesses. Kati texts me : all this gaslighting…
Nov 8, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Raena Shirali
Self-Portrait as a Shadow Self-Portrait as a Shadow
for V. Lamar Word is I wasn’t born so much as skimmed off another living thing by a source of light. Let’s just say that you are light-skinned and the back of my mom’s hand is a co…
Nov 8, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Cortney Lamar Charleston
Puzzle No. 3482 Puzzle No. 3482
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Going back and forth sick during time off (11) 7 and 27 Criticize crack in closet (6) 9 One interrupting Presiden…
Nov 8, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Public’s Mobile Unit Restores the Mission of Theater The Public’s Mobile Unit Restores the Mission of Theater
A Midwestern tour of Sweat, staged in community spaces, invites its audience into the play.
Nov 2, 2018 / Elizabeth Pochoda
Why Is WWE Creating Propaganda for Saudi Arabia? Why Is WWE Creating Propaganda for Saudi Arabia?
Friday’s Crown Jewel in Riyadh will likely be another infomercial for the monarchy disguised as pro wrestling.
Nov 1, 2018 / David Bixenspan
For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow
Through bravery and pain, she wrote with fierce love for young black women.
Nov 1, 2018 / Rebecca Carroll
Conspiracy Theories Are Not Entertainment Conspiracy Theories Are Not Entertainment
New York’s art world explores the paranoia haunting American politics.
Oct 31, 2018 / Zachary Small