‘The Inheritance’ Takes E.M. Forster Out of the Closet ‘The Inheritance’ Takes E.M. Forster Out of the Closet
Bringing Howards End into today’s gay Manhattan, playwright Matthew Lopez shows that “Only Connect” is still a radical message.
Nov 12, 2019 / Feature / Darryl Pinckney
Kurt Vonnegut on Making a Living as a Writer Kurt Vonnegut on Making a Living as a Writer
You probably won’t have to endure the downsides of fame and fortune. But you can emulate the upsides.
Nov 11, 2019 / Kurt Vonnegut and Suzanne McConnell
Did the New Deal Need FDR? Did the New Deal Need FDR?
His political evolution points to a different locus of power than the one liberals tend to invoke when discussing the era’s history.
Nov 11, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
30 Years Ago Eastern Europeans Tore Down Walls. Now They Write Pop Songs to Putin. 30 Years Ago Eastern Europeans Tore Down Walls. Now They Write Pop Songs to Putin.
How crony capitalism and crippling austerity turned democracy into a dirty word.
Nov 8, 2019 / Lev Golinkin
Lauren Michele Jackson Wants to Change How We Talk About Appropriation Lauren Michele Jackson Wants to Change How We Talk About Appropriation
Her debut essay collection White Negroes presents a more artful and nuanced way to examine the frictions of cultures colliding.
Nov 8, 2019 / Q&A / Stephen Kearse
A Family, a House, a City: Sarah Broom’s Remarkable Memoir of New Orleans A Family, a House, a City: Sarah Broom’s Remarkable Memoir of New Orleans
In the Yellow House, Broom traces a new map of NOLA—one that tangles with the city’s history and her own.
Nov 7, 2019 / Jessica Lynne
Dial M for ’Mpeachment Dial M for ’Mpeachment
It was supposed to be the perfect plan.
Nov 6, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Andrea Long Chu Is Ready for Criticism Andrea Long Chu Is Ready for Criticism
In conversation with The Nation, the critic and theorist breaks down her nonfiction debut Females.
Nov 4, 2019 / Thora Siemsen
History’s Greatest Victim History’s Greatest Victim
Republicans are racking their brains trying to think of anyone who’s had it worse than President Donald J. Trump, and they’re coming up short.
Oct 30, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Why Trump Released a Transcript That Revealed Him Committing a Crime Why Trump Released a Transcript That Revealed Him Committing a Crime
The call, he said, was proved proper. He’s called it “perfect” all along. That’s just more proof, if more were needed: He can’t distinguish right from wrong.
Oct 29, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin