Books and Ideas

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Sanders Is for Schmucks Sanders Is for Schmucks

When will young voters come to their senses?

Apr 12, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Carmen Boullosa

The Need of the Forgotten The Need of the Forgotten

The novelist and poet Carmen Boullosa talks about her obsession with lost stories and found textual objects, and how rereading gives books new faces.

Apr 8, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Bady

Hopes of Coexistence in Syria

Hopes of Coexistence in Syria Hopes of Coexistence in Syria

Does Samar Yazbek’s diary of the Syrian civil war merely represent the dreams of an exile?

Apr 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel

Comix Nation: Presidential Candidates We Can All Get Behind

Comix Nation: Presidential Candidates We Can All Get Behind Comix Nation: Presidential Candidates We Can All Get Behind

There are some small downsides.

Apr 7, 2016 / Jen Sorensen

The Wire

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

When it comes to the police, there is one gaping difference between pop music and television.

Apr 5, 2016 / Joshua Clover

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The Orange Rage Monster Running For President The Orange Rage Monster Running For President

“Trump smash all standards of propriety.”

Apr 5, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Cesar Chavez in July, 1972.

We Are Judged by How We Treat the Helpless and the Poor We Are Judged by How We Treat the Helpless and the Poor

On his 89th birthday, it’s worth remembering how complicated and controversial Cesar Chavez really was.

Mar 31, 2016 / Richard Kreitner

Less Is Moore

Less Is Moore Less Is Moore

Observations is one of the great verbal works of art of the 20th century, in part because of Marianne Moore’s infectious devotion to everything small.

Mar 31, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach

Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse?

Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse? Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse?

In theory, dating apps make it easier to meet people outside our social strata. In practice, we swipe right on people with similar socioeconomic backgrounds.

Mar 29, 2016 / Eliza Schultz

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An Alien’s View of the 2016 Election An Alien’s View of the 2016 Election

Electing Trump may mean the end of the world.

Mar 29, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

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