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
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Narratives of Freedom Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Narratives of Freedom
History has always been a weapon in the hands of Ta-Nehisi Coates. Now, in his debut novel, the social critic and essayist sets out to recover those struggles for emancipation that...
Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
Zadie Smith’s Turn to Short Fiction Zadie Smith’s Turn to Short Fiction
In her first short story collection, the novelist and essayist offers us both cautionary tales and experimental riffs.
Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Rumaan Alam
Jill Lepore’s Liberal Gospel Jill Lepore’s Liberal Gospel
Against a “postmodernism” that she claims suffuses left-wing and right-wing politics, the prolific historian and New Yorker staff writer makes her case for a liberal patriotism and...
Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Immerwahr
The Promise of Pan-Africanism The Promise of Pan-Africanism
As much as it was an organized movement, Pan-Africanism was an ideal, culture, and lived experience that helped galvanize generations into action.
Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Adom Getachew