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I love to see you sat there pregnant with promise & nobody’s business: be bodacious if you feel like it. be camouflaged, if not. some might say you should be louder, bolder, ta…
Aug 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Victoria Adukwei Bulley
Youthfulness Youthfulness
There’s talk of Biden’s age, but not of Trump’s. So how’s The Donald’s youthfulness conveyed? When he begins to bully or he whines, He sounds as if he’s still in second grade.
Aug 23, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Balkan Dispatch: Bulgaria’s Crisis of Confidence Balkan Dispatch: Bulgaria’s Crisis of Confidence
Caught between a Russian past and a NATO future, the poorest country in the EU faces a political crisis—and a struggle over competing visions of national pride.
Aug 22, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Will Neoliberalism Ever End? Will Neoliberalism Ever End?
A new history shows how neoliberalism took power during a period of crisis, which leaves open the question of whether it can be forced out as a result of one.
Aug 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Steven Hahn
Salman Rushdie Joins Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence Salman Rushdie Joins Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence
Shortly before he was attacked, Rushdie joined with dozens of Indian literary artists to lament the rise of Hindu nationalism and the fragile state of the country's democracy.
Aug 18, 2022 / Pranay Somayajula
How Eco-Fiction Became Realer Than Realism How Eco-Fiction Became Realer Than Realism
Encompassing everything from the ecosystems novel to sci-fi, a growing body of literature is imagining and interrogating the past, present, and future of the planet's climate.
Aug 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lynne Feeley
How to Fornicate How to Fornicate
I.After killing your god, hotbox the gun smoke. Cough out any vestigial prayer. Remember that spooky shit Ole Boy hissed mid-smite, bullet-plowed, curling away. It’s true. You bel…
Aug 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kemi Alabi
Celebrating Harlem’s Renaissance Celebrating Harlem’s Renaissance
125th Street Subway Station Mosaic
Aug 17, 2022 / OppArt / Faith Ringgold
The Left Has a Responsibility to Side With Salman Rushdie The Left Has a Responsibility to Side With Salman Rushdie
Religious extremism is always dangerous, no matter the source.
Aug 17, 2022 / Katha Pollitt
The Building Blocks of History The Building Blocks of History
A conversation with Richard Cohen about Making History, his lively defense of narrative history, and the lived experience that informs historical writing.
Aug 17, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Walker Mimms