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May 4, 2023
The Conviction of Lucinda Williams
The Nation spoke with the singer-songwriter about her political commitments, her battles with the music industry, and her new memoir Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You.
Emma Hager
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May 1, 2023
The Disappearing Acts of Haruki Murakami
In his new book, the novelist examines what it takes to become a great writer.
Rumaan Alam
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April 27, 2023
Hazel Jane Plante’s Novel of Art, Sex, and Rock and Roll
Any Other City, a fictionalized memoir of a trans musician, interrogates the conventional narrative possibilities offered to trans writers.
McKenzie Wark
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April 24, 2023
What’s Life Like for the Child of a Psychoanalyst?
Alice Wexler’s The Analyst explores the complicated life of her father, Milton Wexler, whose work courted controversy in the public and within in his family
Alana Pockros
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April 18, 2023
Jenny Odell’s Search for a New Kind of Time
Can we escape capitalism’s persistent and relentless demand that we turning our waking hours into products and profits?
Sarah Jaffe
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March 29, 2023
Disability Is Always Someone Else’s Problem
Why I’m not celebrating Disabilities Awareness Month.
Marie Myung-Ok Lee
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March 20, 2023
Reagan, Trump, and the Price of Presidential Impunity
New evidence of 1980 election shenanigans has implications for the debate on prosecuting Trump.
Jeet Heer
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March 10, 2023
Ron DeSantis Is Destroying Florida’s New College Just Because He Can
The worst thing is, he doesn’t even understand the value of what he’s breaking.
Michael Rothbaum
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March 9, 2023
Ron DeSantis Says, “The Left Made Me Do It”; Plus Our Oscar Preview With John Powers
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Chris Lehmann talks about the DeSantis book, and John Powers complains about the Academy Awards.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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March 4, 2023
The Costs and Contradictions of Ballet
Alice Robb’s Don’t Think, Dear and Ellen O’Connell Whittet’s What You Become in Flight explore both the liberating sense of art and the domineering logic of ballet.
Glory Liu