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Jonathan Safran Foer and the Limits of Liberal Climate Politics

Jonathan Safran Foer and the Limits of Liberal Climate Politics Jonathan Safran Foer and the Limits of Liberal Climate Politics

Addressing climate change will take a whole lot more than changing our diets.

Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Kate Aronoff

Tony Kushner on Making Serious Political Theatre in 2019

Tony Kushner on Making Serious Political Theatre in 2019 Tony Kushner on Making Serious Political Theatre in 2019

In a conversation with The Nation, Kushner discusses the first major revival of A Bright Room Called Day, his Reagan-era political drama set in Weimar Germany.

Oct 28, 2019 / Editorial / Alisa Solomon

A Letter to Marlon Brando About Putting an Indian on the Oscar Stage

A Letter to Marlon Brando About Putting an Indian on the Oscar Stage A Letter to Marlon Brando About Putting an Indian on the Oscar Stage

A character from Tommy Orange’s There There writes to the actor about what it meant to see Sacheen Littlefeather at the Academy Awards.

Oct 28, 2019 / Tommy Orange

Even Straight People Will Know the ‘Call Me by Your Name’ Sequel Is Bad

Even Straight People Will Know the ‘Call Me by Your Name’ Sequel Is Bad Even Straight People Will Know the ‘Call Me by Your Name’ Sequel Is Bad

André Aciman’s Find Me reinforces what felt so lacking in his breakout hit.

Oct 25, 2019 / Sam Huber

Puzzle No. 3514

Puzzle No. 3514 Puzzle No. 3514

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 One who might botch e-phone reconfiguration? (11)  7 Touch, one way or the other (3)  9 Burn most of weighing devic…

Oct 24, 2019 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Clarence Thomas’s Political Journey

Clarence Thomas’s Political Journey Clarence Thomas’s Political Journey

Corey Robin discusses his new book on the longest-serving justice on today’s Supreme Court and the influence of black conservatism and black nationalism on his jurisprudence.

Oct 24, 2019 / Robert Greene II

Bowe Bergdahl’s Story Was Never Just About One Soldier’s Desertion

Bowe Bergdahl’s Story Was Never Just About One Soldier’s Desertion Bowe Bergdahl’s Story Was Never Just About One Soldier’s Desertion

Matt Farwell and Michael Ames’s American Cipher goes behind the Bergdahl saga to probe America’s imperial past.

Oct 23, 2019 / Lyle Jeremy Rubin

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Rudy Giuliani and the Secret Constitution Rudy Giuliani and the Secret Constitution

For crooked, rich Republicans, everything from “impeachment” to “subpoenas” to “crimes” is in air-quotes

Oct 22, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole

Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole

Andrew Marantz’s Antisocial tells the messy history of how the far right went viral.

Oct 22, 2019 / Evan Malmgren

For Yiyun Li, All Writing Is Autobiographical

For Yiyun Li, All Writing Is Autobiographical For Yiyun Li, All Writing Is Autobiographical

We had a wide ranging conversation with Li about her feelings on autofiction, bad readers, and why her work has yet to be translated into Chinese.  

Oct 21, 2019 / Q&A / Rosemarie Ho

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