Jedediah Purdy Has an Idea That Could Save Us From Capitalism and the Climate Crisis Jedediah Purdy Has an Idea That Could Save Us From Capitalism and the Climate Crisis
We talked to the lawyer, theorist, and critic about his new book This Land Is Our Land, his concept of a moral political economy, and the legacies of Bush and Obama.
Oct 16, 2019 / Q&A / Aaron Bady
Shock, Fun, and Feminist Rage Shock, Fun, and Feminist Rage
As second wave feminism passes into history and a new wave builds, is the world finally ready for Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen?
Oct 1, 2019 / Alix Kates Shulman
Lynda Barry’s Infectious Genius Lynda Barry’s Infectious Genius
The award-winning cartoonist is not only a great artist but a wellspring of inspiration for others.
Sep 30, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Kamel Daoud and the Paradoxes of Liberation Kamel Daoud and the Paradoxes of Liberation
In a new collection of his political writings, the Algerian novelist contemplates the unfinished business of his country’s struggle for independence.
Sep 30, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robyn Creswell
Making Sense of Trump’s Rise Making Sense of Trump’s Rise
Three new books try to explain how we got such a massive jerk in the White House.
Sep 26, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman
Have Americans Become More Conspiratorial? Have Americans Become More Conspiratorial?
In their new book, Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum argue that a new form of conspiracy thinking is consuming our culture in dangerous and alarming ways. But is it?
Sep 16, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Sophia Rosenfeld
Wendell Berry’s Lifelong Dissent Wendell Berry’s Lifelong Dissent
At the core of both his writing and activism is the insight that we can’t imagine a harmonious future without confronting the destruction in our past.
Sep 9, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jedediah Britton-Purdy
A Blueprint for an Anticapitalist Life A Blueprint for an Anticapitalist Life
In the T Fleischmann’s book-length essay, Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through, they present a theory of identity and community outside the strictures of hegemony.
Sep 4, 2019 / Becca Schuh
Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation
Holbrooke’s public and personal life captures the contradictions of a cohort of liberals that came of age in the 1960s.
Aug 13, 2019 / Books & the Arts / David Klion
Philip Roth’s Great American Estate Sale Philip Roth’s Great American Estate Sale
The bidding is sparse, but the late author’s modest effects are revealing.
Jul 19, 2019 / Editorial / Elizabeth Pochoda