Asking “What About…?” Is Essential to Achieving Justice Asking “What About…?” Is Essential to Achieving Justice
Selective empathy prevents us from making connections.
Jul 22, 2022 / Viet Thanh Nguyen
David Cronenberg’s Tableaux of Pain and Pleasure David Cronenberg’s Tableaux of Pain and Pleasure
His latest film, Crimes of the Future, continues a decades-long project to explore the limits of the body and the supposed rules of reality.
Jul 21, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Beatrice Loayza
The Life and Times of Cookie Mueller The Life and Times of Cookie Mueller
Her chronicles of the last days of American countercultural life New York's downtown scene bursts with energy.
Jul 20, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Zoe Dubno
A History of the Partition Through the Eyes of Appalachian Nuns A History of the Partition Through the Eyes of Appalachian Nuns
Jyoti Thottam's Sisters of Mokama, tells the story of missionaries in the Indian state of Bihar, who bore witness to the tumultuous era, offering a different way to understand the ...
Jul 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Zoya Qureshi
What It Means to Be an Elderly Gay Man Today What It Means to Be an Elderly Gay Man Today
The latest entry in Andrew Holleran’s biographical fiction project, Kingdom of Sand, offers a portrait of the post-Stonewall generation confronting death and history.
Jul 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Gutterman Tranen
You Can’t Buy These Books You Can’t Buy These Books
In their attack on libraries, megapublishers roll a Trojan horse into the courts.
Jul 18, 2022 / Maria Bustillos
Threading Violence Threading Violence
As of July 11, there have been 330 mass shootings in the USA this year.
Jul 18, 2022 / OppArt / Becky Edmunds
Edafe Okporo’s Manifesto for the Migrant Edafe Okporo’s Manifesto for the Migrant
A conversation with the activist and writer about his new book Asylum and the intersections of oppression that face LGBTQ migrants and refugees.
Jul 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / John Washington