Books and Ideas

Ntozake Shange

For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow

Through bravery and pain, she wrote with fierce love for young black women.

Nov 1, 2018 / Rebecca Carroll

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This Week’s News… From the Right This Week’s News… From the Right

Dispatches from the party that definitely won’t be contesting any midterm-election results.

Oct 30, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

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Donald Trump’s Debasement of American Democracy Donald Trump’s Debasement of American Democracy

Jill Lepore on Trump and history.

Oct 26, 2018 / Jon Wiener

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The GOP and Voter Suppression The GOP and Voter Suppression

Amidst all the campaigning babble, One strategy’s always worth noting: To keep them from voting against us We simply need keep them from voting,…

Oct 25, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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Letters From the November 19-26, 2018, Issue Letters From the November 19-26, 2018, Issue

Fact in fiction… AOC prepares for DC… Performing patriarchy…

Oct 25, 2018 / Our Readers and Elias Rodriques

Congress’s History of Violence

Congress’s History of Violence Congress’s History of Violence

A new history of the antebellum years reminds us that politics on Capitol Hill has never been civil.

Oct 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Delbanco

Frederick Douglass’s 19th Century

Frederick Douglass’s 19th Century Frederick Douglass’s 19th Century

A new biography gives an account of both Douglass’s political and personal life that will likely remain the standard for years to come.

Oct 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

Sergio de la Pava’s Society-Spanning Fiction

Sergio de la Pava’s Society-Spanning Fiction Sergio de la Pava’s Society-Spanning Fiction

His novels capture a world riven apart by class and brought back together by art.

Oct 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Frank Guan

In Naguib Mahfouz’s World

In Naguib Mahfouz’s World In Naguib Mahfouz’s World

Through his massive corpus, the Egyptian novelist helped capture the startling pace and steep costs of a nation in pursuit of independence.

Oct 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Ursula Lindsey

Ottessa Moshfegh’s Contemporary Gothic

Ottessa Moshfegh’s Contemporary Gothic Ottessa Moshfegh’s Contemporary Gothic

My Year of Rest and Relaxation offers a fever dream of New York’s millennial elite before the 2008 crash.

Oct 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Ismail Muhammad

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