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Puzzle No. 3527

Puzzle No. 3527 Puzzle No. 3527

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Invest a bit of money in trade for wetland (5)  4 Prize in the direction of Harding? (4,5)  9 Conditions color poli…

Mar 12, 2020 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Bad Bunny Answers to No One

Bad Bunny Answers to No One Bad Bunny Answers to No One

YHLQMDLG isn’t perfect, but it’s evidence that the Puerto Rican artist’s short career so far is iconoclastic and uncompromising.

Mar 12, 2020 / Julyssa Lopez

Jessica Hagedorn Looks Back on the Legacy of ‘Dogeaters’

Jessica Hagedorn Looks Back on the Legacy of ‘Dogeaters’ Jessica Hagedorn Looks Back on the Legacy of ‘Dogeaters’

We talked to the author about the enduring influence of her now 30-year-old novel on life in Marcos-era Philippines.

Mar 11, 2020 / Q&A / Noah Flora

Banking on Bullshit

Banking on Bullshit Banking on Bullshit

Anastasia Nesvetailova and Ronen Palan’s recent book argues that the financial system is built on a system that incentivizes sabotage and cheating.

Mar 10, 2020 / Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

Gary Indiana’s ‘Depraved Indifference’ Is the Best Diagnosis of Our Scam-Obsessed Times

Gary Indiana’s ‘Depraved Indifference’ Is the Best Diagnosis of Our Scam-Obsessed Times Gary Indiana’s ‘Depraved Indifference’ Is the Best Diagnosis of Our Scam-Obsessed Times

His recently republished novel examines how cons, narcissism, and commodity worship became national pastimes.

Mar 9, 2020 / Zoë Hu

Danez Smith Makes Room for the Messiness of Language

Danez Smith Makes Room for the Messiness of Language Danez Smith Makes Room for the Messiness of Language

We talked to Smith about their new poetry collection, Homie, and what it means to create poetic space for your community. 

Mar 5, 2020 / Q&A / Rosemarie Ho

Marguerite Duras’s Radical Tales of Love and Revolt

Marguerite Duras’s Radical Tales of Love and Revolt Marguerite Duras’s Radical Tales of Love and Revolt

L’Été 80, her fable-like political column for Libération, showed the full force of the revolutionary energies running through the French writer’s work.

Mar 4, 2020 / Gili Ostfield

Close-up image of Richard Grenell speaking.

Richard Grenell Named Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell Named Acting Director of National Intelligence

The flunky ranks begin to swell: Trump’s intel chief’s now R. Grenell, Who must repel what doesn’t jell With hokum all Fox anchors sell. On non-Fox facts he mustn’t dwell Or he wil…

Mar 3, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

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Mar 3, 2020 / Comix Nation / Joey Perr

Portal

Portal Portal

The boats in the international port prove that from the edge of The Great Lake, though fresh, though still, no scrap of earth can’t be reached. For his sake, V has stepped onto a s…

Mar 3, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Carolyn Guinzio

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