Abbas Kiarostami’s Posthumous Poem Abbas Kiarostami’s Posthumous Poem
In the Iranian filmmaker's last film, he has figured out a new way to stretch time.
Feb 6, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
50 Years Ago, Late-Night TV Woke Us 50 Years Ago, Late-Night TV Woke Us
Harry Belafonte’s week hosting the Tonight show brought together the best of the ’60s—and prefigured the era’s decline.
Feb 5, 2018 / Joan Walsh
One Person’s Terrorist? Reflections on Zohra Drif’s Memoir of the Algerian Revolution One Person’s Terrorist? Reflections on Zohra Drif’s Memoir of the Algerian Revolution
Is the civilian population of a colonial-settler regime ever a legitimate military target?
Feb 2, 2018 / Bill Fletcher Jr.
TV’s Dystopia Boom TV’s Dystopia Boom
The nightmarish future ain’t what it used to be.
Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Evan Kindley
You’ve Been on Earth So Long Already You’ve Been on Earth So Long Already
All my life all I’ve wanted was to be myself and someone else. Not theirs but them. My shame about this greed made me hesitant with other children. I wanted what they wanted, but a…
Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Metzger
America Will Be America Will Be
after Langston Hughes I am now at the age where my father calls me brother when we say goodbye. Take care of yourself, brother, he whispers a half beat before we hang up the phone,…
Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Bennett
Puzzle No. 3455 Puzzle No. 3455
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Bishop likely is married in sacred ritual (7) 5 Psychologist gives name to crappy performing ensemble (3,4) 9 Thr…
Feb 1, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
CupcakKe’s Undeniable Joy CupcakKe’s Undeniable Joy
The exhilarating freedom and daring of Ephorize.
Jan 30, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen
Residente dice que Estados Unidos le debe a Puerto Rico, no al revés Residente dice que Estados Unidos le debe a Puerto Rico, no al revés
El rapero puertorriqueño habla con The Nation sobre el colonialismo, Bernie Sanders, y el camino a la recuperación despues que el huracán Maria.
Jan 29, 2018 / Miguel Salazar
Residente Says the United States Owes Puerto Rico, Not the Other Way Around Residente Says the United States Owes Puerto Rico, Not the Other Way Around
The Puerto Rican rapper talks to The Nation about colonialism, Bernie Sanders, and the path to recovery after Hurricane Maria.
Jan 29, 2018 / Miguel Salazar