Ben Lerner, Personal Poet Ben Lerner, Personal Poet
In his first collection of verse in over a decade, he applies the lessons of his successful, self-conscious prose.
Jan 31, 2024 / Books & the Arts / David Schurman Wallace
The First Time the Nazis Tried to Take Power The First Time the Nazis Tried to Take Power
The year that broke Germany.
Jan 29, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
Letters From the Apocalypse Letters From the Apocalypse
Palestinian writers George Abraham and Sarah Aziza were in the middle of an ongoing correspondence. Then came October 7.
Jan 29, 2024 / George Abraham and Sarah Aziza
from Earth’s Last Word (A superstitious poem) from "Earth’s Last Word (A superstitious poem)"
Jan 29, 2024 / Poems / Valerie Hsiung
When Her Neighbors Began Dying, the World Looked Away When Her Neighbors Began Dying, the World Looked Away
A new podcast takes us back to the early days of the HIV/AIDS crisis, when a mystery virus began spreading among New York’s Black and brown communities.
Jan 25, 2024 / Lizzy Ratner
Isabella Hammad’s Novel of Art and Exile in Palestine Isabella Hammad’s Novel of Art and Exile in Palestine
Enter the Ghost looks at a group of Palestinians who try to put on a production of Hamlet in the occupied West Bank.
Jan 25, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Raja Shehadeh
Heather Cox Richardson and the Battle Over US History Heather Cox Richardson and the Battle Over US History
One interpretation presents the country as irredeemably tainted by its past. Another contends that the United States has also tended toward egalitarianism.
Jan 24, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
The Blue-Blood Families That Made Fortunes in the Opium Trade The Blue-Blood Families That Made Fortunes in the Opium Trade
Long before the Sacklers appeared on the scene, families like the Astors, the Peabodys, and the Delanos cemented their upper-crust status through the global trade in opium.
Jan 23, 2024 / Feature / Amitav Ghosh
The Brilliant Discontents of Lou Reed The Brilliant Discontents of Lou Reed
A new biography examines the enigma of the musician.
Jan 23, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Sasha Frere-Jones