My Husband Tells Me About a Man Who Doesn’t Kill Himself My Husband Tells Me About a Man Who Doesn’t Kill Himself
We are trapped in traffic beneath the overpass, and the man in his story trembles on the edge of an overpass eight hundred miles west of here. Here, I have not tried to die for som…
Jan 26, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Eugenia Leigh
The Worldmaking of N.K. Jemisin The Worldmaking of N.K. Jemisin
Through her speculative fiction, Jemisin builds worlds and probes them—exploring who they work for and how.
Jan 25, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
We Balk at ‘Law and Order,’ but Democracy Needs the Rule of Law We Balk at ‘Law and Order,’ but Democracy Needs the Rule of Law
The preservation of our liberties has always depended more on habit than on compulsion.
Jan 25, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
Poison Soup Poison Soup
America is left with a taste of fascism.
Jan 22, 2021 / OppArt / J.T. Williamson
Mother of Exiles Mother of Exiles
Hope and danger in the migrant’s journey.
Jan 21, 2021 / OppArt / Pamela Enriquez-Courts
Black Trans Liberation as History and Prophecy: The Art of Tourmaline Black Trans Liberation as History and Prophecy: The Art of Tourmaline
The artist's first solo show, is a reminder that pleasure is inseparable from the joint projects of abolition and freedom.
Jan 21, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Tal Milovina
The Interior Lives of the Transnational Asian Diaspora The Interior Lives of the Transnational Asian Diaspora
Sheung-King’s novel is rooted in a world that is disinterested in the white gaze and imagines a different kind of diasporic fiction.
Jan 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Thea Lim
When the Painting Has Really Begun When the Painting Has Really Begun
On the mid-career work of Cecily Brown and Inka Essenhigh.
Jan 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky