Consumer Climates Consumer Climates
Climate change and its political repercussions.
May 8, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael T. Klare
Adventures in Neurohumanities Adventures in Neurohumanities
Applying neuroscience to the study of literature is fashionable. But is it the best way to read a novel?
May 8, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Alissa Quart
Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek
How did the conservative ideas of Friedrich Hayek and the Austrian school become our economic reality? By turning the market into the realm of great politics and morals.
May 7, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
Red Country: On Taylor Swift Red Country: On Taylor Swift
Profligate, prolific, towering over the landscape: Is Taylor Swift China?
May 7, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
MoMA’s Demolition Derby MoMA’s Demolition Derby
In defiance of its mission to preserve important works, the Museum of Modern Art has decided to raze the Folk Art building.
May 1, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
With Friends Like These: On Pakistan With Friends Like These: On Pakistan
Ahmed Rashid’s gloomy, essential account of the divisive US-Pakistan alliance.
Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Christian Parenti
Post-White? On ‘Blues for Smoke’ Post-White? On ‘Blues for Smoke’
The Whitney’s adventurous, awkward attempt to explore abstract art through the blues.
Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Nikolai Leskov’s The Enchanted Wandered and Other Stories; Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself...
Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Alexandra Schwartz
A Professional Victim: On Ira B. Arnstein A Professional Victim: On Ira B. Arnstein
How music plagiarism ruined a composer’s career and literally drove him mad.
Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain
Penzance Penzance
What if only your rich friends are beautiful? What if only they have exotic varieties of hydrangeas? It’s so quiet you can hear a Prius A cup of tea with a gauzy helix of steam above it Floppy hats, identical bags in several colors Somali brownish gray maxi dresses with shadows in folds instead of patterns Bees drop onto inconspicuous green flowers Giraffe markings tattooed on a shoulder I’ve seen that expression before It doesn’t take long for it to decide to flee
Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joel Sloman