Jenny Offill’s Novel of Climate Dread Jenny Offill’s Novel of Climate Dread
In Weather, Offill is reluctant to offer false comfort, but she does ask us if worrying is enough.
Mar 2, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Tony Tulathimutte
Why ‘You’ Is So Terrifying Why ‘You’ Is So Terrifying
The Netflix show turns Internet obsession and the need for attention when we’re online all the time into a horror story.
Mar 2, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
Reading Richard Rorty in Tehran Reading Richard Rorty in Tehran
What the American philosopher’s visit to Tehran in 2004 can teach us about Iranian society—and our own.
Feb 28, 2020 / Samuel Thrope
Puzzle No. 3526 Puzzle No. 3526
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Name one independent state in the Middle East (5) 4 Showed compassion in play about decent orchestra space (4,4) …
Feb 27, 2020 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Chicago Police Department’s History of Torture The Chicago Police Department’s History of Torture
Laurence Ralph’s The Torture Letters recounts an extensive history of police abuse and violence in the CPD.
Feb 27, 2020 / Ed Burmila
WWII’s Refugee Academics and the Myth of a Welcoming American Academy WWII’s Refugee Academics and the Myth of a Welcoming American Academy
Laurel Leff’s Well Worth Saving looks at the lives of Jewish professors who sought asylum in the United States and were denied entry.
Feb 26, 2020 / Hannah Stamler
Traitor, Scourge, Prophet: Larry Kramer’s Acerbic Alternate History Traitor, Scourge, Prophet: Larry Kramer’s Acerbic Alternate History
His two-volume novel, The American People, is a nearly 1,700-page phantasmagoria that reimagines the nation’s history as a sordid queer saga, climaxing with the AIDS crisis.
Feb 25, 2020 / Jeremy Lybarger
Trump Has Lifted the Mask From Our Empty Political Traditions Trump Has Lifted the Mask From Our Empty Political Traditions
His naked callousness has shown plainly that these rituals sometimes reveal the nonsense they’re meant to cover up.
Feb 25, 2020 / Andrew J. Bacevich
How Do You Document Something As Unimaginable as a School Shooting? How Do You Document Something As Unimaginable as a School Shooting?
Photographer Andres Gonzalez’s American Origami looks at the aftermaths of seven, providing an affecting exploration of a uniquely American epidemic.
Feb 24, 2020 / Rebecca Bengal
Why Harvey Weinstein Might Walk Why Harvey Weinstein Might Walk
Our reporter offers a view from the public line at the Weinstein trial.
Feb 20, 2020 / JoAnn Wypijewski