The Appeal of Ordinary Millennial Experience The Appeal of Ordinary Millennial Experience
Rainesford Stauffer proposes a different way to understand a generation defined by precarity and overwork.
Aug 31, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Mary Retta
Can We Live Without Twitter? Can We Live Without Twitter?
The platform has become an important space for political conversations; it is also run by a for-profit private enterprise and full of cruel trolling. Is there a way to have the goo...
Aug 30, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Bessner
Jackie Wang’s Dream Poetics Jackie Wang’s Dream Poetics
Her poetry and essays explore the personal, aesthetic, and political possibilities of dreaming.
Aug 26, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Thea Ballard
The Transformation of Afghanistan The Transformation of Afghanistan
Fanatics terrorized the Afghan people. For twenty years we fought there in a war. So what’s it going to be like when we’ve finished? Well, pretty much just like it was before.
Aug 24, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Adam Curtis’s Modern Discontents Adam Curtis’s Modern Discontents
In his new eight-hour epic, the British filmmaker offers a globe-trotting chronicle of our times.
Aug 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano
Letters From the September 6/13, 2021, Issue Letters From the September 6/13, 2021, Issue
The good place… Overconsumed…
Aug 24, 2021 / Our Readers
Emma Rothschild’s Family Sagas and Microhistories Emma Rothschild’s Family Sagas and Microhistories
Can one tell the story of a country through one family?
Aug 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
The Distortions of Pinochet The Distortions of Pinochet
Nona Fernández’s novels reckon with the Chilean dictatorship through surreality and memory.
Aug 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Lucas Iberico Lozada
Sandi Tan’s Magical Americana Sandi Tan’s Magical Americana
Her new novel, Lurkers, captures the defiant and surreal exuberance that has defined her work across fiction and film.
Aug 18, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Liu
Mythos and Cliché: The Fractured History of Los Angeles Mythos and Cliché: The Fractured History of Los Angeles
Learning from and reckoning with the stories writers tell about a world-historical city.
Aug 17, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kate Wolf