It Can Happen Here: A White Supremacist Coup That Succeeded It Can Happen Here: A White Supremacist Coup That Succeeded
A vivid reminder that rural Americans are on the front lines of democracy.
Jul 15, 2022 / Laura Flanders
Richard Seymour’s World Is Full of Wonder Richard Seymour’s World Is Full of Wonder
The author’s latest book is a wide-ranging collection of left-wing ecocriticism catalyzed by his own ecological awakening.
Jul 15, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lewis Gordon
Resurrecting the American Century Is a Huge Mistake Resurrecting the American Century Is a Huge Mistake
It’s time to focus on the more modest goal of salvaging a unified American republic
Jul 14, 2022 / Andrew J. Bacevich
The Literary Games of Fernando Pessoa The Literary Games of Fernando Pessoa
Did Pessoa truly control his alter egos? Or did his creations, in many ways, control him?
Jul 14, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans
Street. Life! Street. Life!
Murals in Humolt Park, Chicago.
Jul 13, 2022 / OppArt / Walker Maffit and Anonymous
Tove Ditlevsen’s Unsentimental Education Tove Ditlevsen’s Unsentimental Education
The Danish novelist and poet was a rare writer—one who shunned sentiment but not empathy in her stories.
Jul 13, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer
We Are All God’s Poems We Are All God’s Poems
We all want to be joined in holy metonymy. You are a part of me, we want God to say, that stands for the whole of me. Instead of immanent, just say man. Instead of wishbone, just…
Jul 12, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Amit Majmudar
The Gilded Age of Magazines The Gilded Age of Magazines
The decline and fall of the glossy.
Jul 12, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano
The Rise of Bad Art and the Decline of Political Candor The Rise of Bad Art and the Decline of Political Candor
Though the language of cliché has switched from the middle-class respectability of the 1950s to our current obsessions with “inclusion” and concern for the marginalized, the practi...
Jul 11, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich
The Artwork of Guantánamo Detainees The Artwork of Guantánamo Detainees
Interrogated, tortured, and held for decades without charges, Gitmo prisoners held onto their humanity by creating art.
Jul 11, 2022 / Feature / Erin L. Thompson