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
Charles Barkley Calls for the NBA to Move the 2017 All-Star Game, and Makes My Head Spin Charles Barkley Calls for the NBA to Move the 2017 All-Star Game, and Makes My Head Spin
Charles Barkley is not consistent in who he stands up for. But like it or not, he’s relevant.
Apr 7, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Puzzle No. 3396 Puzzle No. 3396
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Lip-read to provide all the parts of a solid (14) 10 Howard going after laughable, unopened letter (7) 11 A vote in…
Apr 7, 2016 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
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
My Erasures My Erasures
My erasures were featured. * I collected debris to sell as crash art, crush porn. * “Say goodbye to Lonesome George,” the last Galapagos tortoise. * I was a pushover for the laws o…
Apr 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Rae Armantrout
Reconstruction Reconstruction
We don’t know which came first, the chicken— naturally unsalted (enough to make a grown man cry, remembering sweet nothings) — or the hapless egg, who sat on a wall that may or may…
Apr 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Amanda Jernigan
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 / Comix Nation / Jen Sorensen
The Cathedral at Ground Zero The Cathedral at Ground Zero
Understanding the prosody of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub’s construction also requires an accounting of its extravagance.
Apr 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ Has Just Enough Gravity ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ Has Just Enough Gravity
If you’re determined to do it, you can wring a story, some themes, and even a moral out of Richard Linklater’s new movie.
Apr 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Mapplethorpe, Prince of Darkness Mapplethorpe, Prince of Darkness
A new HBO documentary on the late photographer is smart enough to realize that his power derived from his creepiness.
Apr 5, 2016 / Tim Murphy