The Average Driver Will Be in a Car Accident Once Every Eighteen Years The Average Driver Will Be in a Car Accident Once Every Eighteen Years
Moonship comes when I’m on the road, A/C on, music on, the inside still in, then—zam—wind, unshielded crescents of moon, the body gone, tearing through space at 60 miles per…
Nov 17, 2022 / Poems / Nomi Stone
Michelle de Kretser’s Unsettled Australia Michelle de Kretser’s Unsettled Australia
Her novels examine how migration and globalization have changed the country's identity and relation to the rest of the world.
Nov 16, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Nawal Arjini
The Life and Afterlife of the Paris Commune The Life and Afterlife of the Paris Commune
It was one of the most radical political experiments in European history. It was also one of Europe’s most tragically short-lived.
Nov 15, 2022 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
Ian McEwan’s 20th Century Ian McEwan’s 20th Century
In his new novel, McEwan ruefully looks back at a Britain that no longer exists.
Nov 14, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Chihaya
Are Americans Bad at Reading? Are Americans Bad at Reading?
Novelist Elaine Castillo’s essays reflect on reading as an ethical act and the moral politics of literature in the US.
Nov 10, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer
Kehua / I used to want to be the bait that caught Te Ika Kehua / I used to want to be the bait that caught Te Ika
I lost my nerve for spirits when I was sixteen. Spent that whole spring playing chicken and betraying my grandparents’ liquor cabinets for homies who were too cool to say th…
Nov 10, 2022 / Poems / Tayi Tibble
After the Attack on Paul Pelosi, the GOP Again Is the Party of No Shame After the Attack on Paul Pelosi, the GOP Again Is the Party of No Shame
As recently as 2006, Republicans could take an internal political scandal seriously. Not anymore.
Nov 10, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
The Problem With “Jihad, Rehab” Isn’t Filmmaker Meg Smaker’s Color or Religion The Problem With “Jihad, Rehab” Isn’t Filmmaker Meg Smaker’s Color or Religion
The idea that a white woman cannot make a film about non-white men is absurd. But as “Meg,” the film’s narrator, her voice is the voice of the cop.
Nov 7, 2022 / Moustafa Bayoumi
The Obscured and Forgotten History of Black Communist Women The Obscured and Forgotten History of Black Communist Women
A new anthology edited by Charisse Burden-Stelly and Jodi Dean highlights the legacy and enduring relevance of Black communist women’s political activism in the early 20th century.
Nov 7, 2022 / Q&A / Morgan Forde