The Long and Terrifying History of the Blood Libel The Long and Terrifying History of the Blood Libel
A new history by Magda Teter tracks the spread of the pernicious myth and the role new technologies and communication tools played in its dissemination.
Nov 16, 2020 / Books & the Arts / David Nirenberg
Trump’s Response to Losing the Vote Trump’s Response to Losing the Vote
Tradition in America relates That losing presidential candidates Speak graciously, in phrases meant to heal And serve to benefit our commonweal. And what of Trump’s will scholars b…
Nov 14, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Is There a Cure for Burnout? Is There a Cure for Burnout?
Anne Helen Petersen’s Can't Even grapples with the miseries of millennial work.
Nov 12, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Gordon
Jack Halberstam’s Call of the Wild Jack Halberstam’s Call of the Wild
In an interview, the radical social thinker says the idea of “the wild” can help us dismantle our unjust world.
Nov 12, 2020 / Q&A / Tal Milovina
The Limits of the Viral Book Review The Limits of the Viral Book Review
Why are literary critics fixating on one quality nowadays?
Nov 10, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Larissa Pham
Bye, Donald Bye, Donald
The only reason Biden got more votes was because there was so much vote counting.
Nov 10, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
Celia Paul Sits for Her Own Portrait Celia Paul Sits for Her Own Portrait
Nov 9, 2020 / Sophie Haigney
When Raving Was Radical When Raving Was Radical
Rainald Goetz’s 1998 novel captures both the complicated politics of the German electronic music scene and the chaotic experience of a night lost to dancing.
Nov 5, 2020 / Rachel Hahn
Save the Whale, Save Ourselves Save the Whale, Save Ourselves
Rebecca Giggs’s Fathoms dives into the history of human-whale relations to offer a poetic account of how we might save a species we’ve failed.
Nov 4, 2020 / Sabrina Imbler