November 15, 1959: The Clutter Family Is Murdered in Holcomb, Kansas, Later the Subject of Truman Capote’s ‘In Cold Blood’ November 15, 1959: The Clutter Family Is Murdered in Holcomb, Kansas, Later the Subject of Truman Capote’s ‘In Cold Blood’
“It turns out that what we are really witnessing is a kind of morality play: the conversion of Truman Capote.”
Nov 15, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
Why Does Ta-Nehisi Coates Say Less Than He Knows? Why Does Ta-Nehisi Coates Say Less Than He Knows?
The journalist’s best-selling memoir offers eloquent testimony to the vulnerability of black life, but it surrenders too much to despair.
Nov 15, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Jesse McCarthy
What’s It Like Growing Old in the New Economy? What’s It Like Growing Old in the New Economy?
Danish architect Deane Simpson explores this vexing question in his book Young-Old: Urban Utopias of an Aging Society.
Oct 27, 2015 / Dispatch / Matthew Shen Goodman
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
Trevor Noah Says He’s Not a Political Progressive. He’d Be Funnier If He Were. Trevor Noah Says He’s Not a Political Progressive. He’d Be Funnier If He Were.
The new Daily Show host doesn’t have much to say, which leaves him making jokes about tramp stamps and body weight.
Oct 9, 2015 / Katie Halper
Jonathan Franzen Withdraws Jonathan Franzen Withdraws
Why are the agonized liberals in Purity so skeptical of political conviction?
Oct 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Jon Baskin
October 3, 1925: Gore Vidal Is Born October 3, 1925: Gore Vidal Is Born
“In hindsight, I can see that our ending was implicit in our beginning.”
Oct 3, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner