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Puzzle No. 3416

Puzzle No. 3416 Puzzle No. 3416

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle.  1 Astonish an archery aficionado? (4,4)  5 Beetle to injure a butterfly’s head (6) 10 After inauguration, platform for hatre…

Nov 17, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Entering Death, Davy Crockett Remembers a Row of Georgian Trees

Entering Death, Davy Crockett Remembers a Row of Georgian Trees Entering Death, Davy Crockett Remembers a Row of Georgian Trees

Here someone to talk to would be nice said no one under all these peaches, red and ancient, until each falls the slowest fall the cardinal’s ever witnessed as it cuts through dewy…

Nov 17, 2016 / Books & the Arts / William Brewer

Those Wondrous Powers

Those Wondrous Powers Those Wondrous Powers

What Arrival offers is so valuable that you might almost choose to pretend that someone knew we were going to need this picture after Trump’s election.

Nov 17, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Criticism in the Twilight

Criticism in the Twilight Criticism in the Twilight

What role can the critic play in today’s uncertain times?

Nov 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas Dames

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10 Songs of Resistance 10 Songs of Resistance

Music can be both salve and inspiration easing collective pain and encouraging group resistance.

Nov 14, 2016 / Peter Rothberg

Snowden film

The Disillusionment of ‘Snowden’ The Disillusionment of ‘Snowden’

Oliver Stone has told the story of a man’s painful awakening from ignorance over and over again.

Nov 12, 2016 / Richard Beck

Puzzle No. 3415

Puzzle No. 3415 Puzzle No. 3415

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Lowdown sign of fish split most of the way (4,4)  5 Lies back in his bifocals (4)  9 Kid turning over is still in b…

Nov 10, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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Letters From the November 28, 2016, Issue Letters From the November 28, 2016, Issue

Blowing in the idiot wind…
Necessary trouble...

 All we are saying is... 
The true silent majority?…

Nov 10, 2016 / Our Readers

Spotting Bigfoot at Lincoln Center

Spotting Bigfoot at Lincoln Center Spotting Bigfoot at Lincoln Center

Toni Erdmann was no doubt the most talked-about picture in a strong New York Film Festival, but Neruda was the point of balance.

Nov 10, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Meet the Winners of the ‘Nation’ Student Writing Contest

Meet the Winners of the ‘Nation’ Student Writing Contest Meet the Winners of the ‘Nation’ Student Writing Contest

Join us in congratulating Leehi Yona of Montreal, Canada, and Claire Devine of Tigard, Oregon, the winners of The Nation’s 10th Student Writing Contest! More than 650 submissions p…

Nov 7, 2016 / StudentNation / The Nation

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