LIVE: Between the Lines With Ta-Nehisi Coates LIVE: Between the Lines With Ta-Nehisi Coates

An intimate public conversation with the author of Between the World and Me, streaming today at 6:30 pm, est.

Oct 22, 2015 / The Nation

Humanism, Science, and the Radical Expansion of the Possible Humanism, Science, and the Radical Expansion of the Possible

Why we shouldn’t let neuroscience banish mystery from human life.

Oct 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Marilynne Robinson

The Noisy Silence of Picasso’s Guitars The Noisy Silence of Picasso’s Guitars

His sculptures reveal the artist’s secret affinities with nascent anti-colonialist movements.

Oct 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Self as Sovereign Self as Sovereign

Where do we get the notion of mind as separate from body?

Oct 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Emily Wilson

10 Questions for Margo Jefferson 10 Questions for Margo Jefferson

The author of Negroland explains her long journey from cheerleader to literary critic.

Oct 22, 2015 / Jon Wiener

How Bernie Sanders Should Talk About Democratic Socialism How Bernie Sanders Should Talk About Democratic Socialism

Instead of looking to Europe, Sanders could evoke the rich heritage of American radicalism.

Oct 21, 2015 / Eric Foner

October 18, 1851: Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’ Is Published October 18, 1851: Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’ Is Published

“Born in hell-fire, and baptized in an unspeakable name, ‘Moby-Dick’ reads like a great opium dream.”

Oct 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Comix Nation Comix Nation

Oct 15, 2015 / Matt Bors

Rot as Rapture, Filth as Rebellion Rot as Rapture, Filth as Rebellion

In Ottessa Moshfegh’s first full-length novel, the allure of dissolution is that it demands nothing.

Oct 15, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Katie Ryder

Black Deaths Matter Black Deaths Matter

Historic black cemeteries have devolved into trash dumps and overgrown forests, while tidy Confederate memorials still draw public funding.

Oct 15, 2015 / Feature / Seth Freed Wessler