Letters From the September 6/13, 2021, Issue Letters From the September 6/13, 2021, Issue
The good place… Overconsumed…
Aug 24, 2021 / Our Readers
The Transformation of Afghanistan The Transformation of Afghanistan
Fanatics terrorized the Afghan people. For twenty years we fought there in a war. So what’s it going to be like when we’ve finished? Well, pretty much just like it was before.
Aug 24, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Emma Rothschild’s Family Sagas and Microhistories Emma Rothschild’s Family Sagas and Microhistories
Can one tell the story of a country through one family?
Aug 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
July Calendar July Calendar
Recording recent history, month by month.
Aug 19, 2021 / OppArt / India Tresselt
The Distortions of Pinochet The Distortions of Pinochet
Nona Fernández’s novels reckon with the Chilean dictatorship through surreality and memory.
Aug 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Lucas Iberico Lozada
Sandi Tan’s Magical Americana Sandi Tan’s Magical Americana
Her new novel, Lurkers, captures the defiant and surreal exuberance that has defined her work across fiction and film.
Aug 18, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Liu
Mythos and Cliché: The Fractured History of Los Angeles Mythos and Cliché: The Fractured History of Los Angeles
Learning from and reckoning with the stories writers tell about a world-historical city.
Aug 17, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kate Wolf
Art and Exile in the Third Republic Art and Exile in the Third Republic
James McAuley’s The House of Fragile Things examines the travails of a circle of Jewish art collectors, tracing a history of betrayal and dispossession.
Aug 16, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Stamler
A Meditation on Life and… A Meditation on Life and…
Musings in a pandemic.
Aug 13, 2021 / OppArt / Elizabeth Haidle
Talking Radical Media With Noam Chomsky Talking Radical Media With Noam Chomsky
The 92-year-old leftist sees meaningful progress in news coverage.
Aug 13, 2021 / Q&A / Victor Pickard