Eppur si muove Eppur si muove
Here’s where things get weird: Why is it we care? Why can’t we turn it off? And why’s my mind Like this? Time is time, I tell myself here Where I can breathe, pause and think: time…
Jul 13, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rowan Ricardo Phillips
November Nocturne November Nocturne
I looked out over the cool rising night, Its soft froth of lamplights and scrubbed out stars Tumbling out over the blue tub, mind’s sky, Cash-only bars, evening everlasting, Triump…
Jul 13, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Puzzle No. 3437 Puzzle No. 3437
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Weigh down our retreat, carrying tote, sack, or bundle, e.g. (10) 6 Experts with permission to enter after removin…
Jul 13, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Spirit of Prog Rock The Spirit of Prog Rock
Its creative ambitions were engulfed by its pretensions.
Jul 13, 2017 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
Meet the Syrian Activists Fighting ISIS—With Cameras Meet the Syrian Activists Fighting ISIS—With Cameras
In Matthew Heineman’s City of Ghosts, freedom of the press is a matter of life or death.
Jul 12, 2017 / Sarah Aziza
The Presence of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Paintings The Presence of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Paintings
Though she routinely paints human figures, it’s better to understand her work as abstract art.
Jul 11, 2017 / Ratik Asokan
The Manufactured Images of ‘The Reagan Show’ The Manufactured Images of ‘The Reagan Show’
The new documentary film is both a valiant exposé and a victim of the president’s publicity machine.
Jul 1, 2017 / Stuart Klawans
An Old Story An Old Story
We were made to understand it would be Terrible. Every small want, every niggling urge, Every hate swollen to a kind of epic wind. Livid, the land, and ravaged, like a rageful Drea…
Jun 29, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Tracy K. Smith
The United States Welcomes You The United States Welcomes You
Why and by whose power were you sent? What do you see that you may wish to steal? Why all this dancing? Why do your dark bodies Drink up the light? What are you demanding That we f…
Jun 29, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Tracy K. Smith
Letters From the July 17-14, 2017, Issue Letters From the July 17-14, 2017, Issue
Not that unpopular… Subject, verb… violence… DNC MIA… Applause for Merkley… Perriello: promise and peril… Thoughtful space… Top keavy…
Jun 29, 2017 / Our Readers