A “Simultaneously Hidden and Deliciously Obvious” History of Levantine Cuisine A “Simultaneously Hidden and Deliciously Obvious” History of Levantine Cuisine
Writer Antonio Tahhan and Anny Gaul, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, discuss a new collection of essays on the region’s food.
Feb 22, 2022 / Q&A / Alexia Underwood
See the Tail That Wags the Dog See the Tail That Wags the Dog
See the tail that wags the dog. Language is speaking the man. Look, the shovel is making a hole in the grave digger! Brushes paint artists into the walls! The hip is wagging the da…
Feb 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ludmila Khersonsky
The Infinite Possibilities of “Macbeth” The Infinite Possibilities of “Macbeth”
Sparse and beautiful, Joel Coen’s Shakespeare adaptation focuses on why we continue to return to this story of power and downfall.
Feb 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
Hannah Is Never Only Hannah Hannah Is Never Only Hannah
Please get that I am the trying breeze going through the really great great great world yes yes. Please get that I am the drowning helpful freedom of the storm yes yes. Please get…
Feb 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Emerson
China Between Communism and Capitalism China Between Communism and Capitalism
The history of the country’s relationship with the market is filled with conflicting narratives.
Feb 21, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Andrew B. Liu
I Helped Publish “Maus.” Never Once Have I Regretted It. I Helped Publish “Maus.” Never Once Have I Regretted It.
If you truly want a teenager to read any book with gusto, the first thing you need to do is, of course, ban it.
Feb 21, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt
Mitski’s Ghost Stories Mitski’s Ghost Stories
The singer-songwriter’s new album, Laurel Hell, explores the terror of fame.
Feb 17, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Samantha Schuyler
What Inspired “Crime and Punishment”? What Inspired “Crime and Punishment”?
A new book links Dostoevsky’s fictional masterpiece to the story of an infamous French spree killer. But was this the central inspiration for his book?
Feb 16, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jake Bittle
What We Can Learn From Harm Reduction’s Defeats What We Can Learn From Harm Reduction’s Defeats
The history of the movement, as told in Maia Szalavitz’s recent book, is one of unlikely success. But what can we learn from embattled experiments like prescribed heroin?
Feb 15, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard
What Might the World Look Like in 2025? What Might the World Look Like in 2025?
A dispatch from the future.
Feb 15, 2022 / John Feffer