How Can the Novel Represent Sexual Abuse Honestly? How Can the Novel Represent Sexual Abuse Honestly?
Looking at a string of scandals at a performing-arts high school, Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise grapples with trauma like few novels this year.
Oct 2, 2019 / Erin Schwartz
Shock, Fun, and Feminist Rage Shock, Fun, and Feminist Rage
As second wave feminism passes into history and a new wave builds, is the world finally ready for Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen?
Oct 1, 2019 / Alix Kates Shulman
Letters From the October 14, 2019, Issue Letters From the October 14, 2019, Issue
Unrecognized labor… Taking offense… Hope amid troubles…
Oct 1, 2019 / Letters / Our Readers
Trump Says Ukraine Call Was ‘Perfectly Fine and Routine’ Trump Says Ukraine Call Was ‘Perfectly Fine and Routine’
Yes, of course, I discussed Biden’s son, And, like everything else I have done As I manage this well-oiled machine, It was perfectly fine and routine. Yes, of course, Stormy Daniel…
Oct 1, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Take a Ride on the Trump Spin Cycle Take a Ride on the Trump Spin Cycle
Crime, lie, repeat.
Oct 1, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Is Our Food Culture Killing Us? Is Our Food Culture Killing Us?
How we “choose” what to eat takes place within a contained food environment shaped by availability and advertising, traditions and trends—and, above all else, economics.
Oct 1, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Susan Pedersen
Bari Weiss’s ‘How to Fight Anti-Semitism’ Is Just a Frustrating, Book-Length Op-Ed Bari Weiss’s ‘How to Fight Anti-Semitism’ Is Just a Frustrating, Book-Length Op-Ed
Her debut launders prejudice under the guise of fighting prejudice.
Oct 1, 2019 / Talia Lavin
Lynda Barry’s Infectious Genius Lynda Barry’s Infectious Genius
The award-winning cartoonist is not only a great artist but a wellspring of inspiration for others.
Sep 30, 2019 / Jeet Heer
A Multigenerational Fight for Tribal Recognition Is Almost Over A Multigenerational Fight for Tribal Recognition Is Almost Over
After 130 years, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians may no longer be landless.
Sep 30, 2019 / Gabriel Furshong