Culture

Where’s Plan B?

Where’s Plan B? Where’s Plan B?

Keeping your head. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of November 9.

Nov 13, 2020 / Steve Brodner

Living in Borat’s America

Living in Borat’s America Living in Borat’s America

The sequel to Sascha Baron Cohen’s mockumentary attempts to again hold a mirror to the crudeness of American life. Does the stunt work a second time?

Nov 13, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Is There a Cure for Burnout?

Is There a Cure for Burnout? Is There a Cure for Burnout?

Anne Helen Petersen’s Can't Even grapples with the miseries of millennial work.

Nov 12, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Gordon

Jack Halberstam’s Call of the Wild

Jack Halberstam’s Call of the Wild Jack Halberstam’s Call of the Wild

In an interview, the radical social thinker says the idea of “the wild” can help us dismantle our unjust world.

Nov 12, 2020 / Q&A / Tal Milovina

Abstraction at a Distance

Abstraction at a Distance Abstraction at a Distance

A return to the galleries after New York City’s shutdown.

Nov 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

The Limits of the Viral Book Review

The Limits of the Viral Book Review The Limits of the Viral Book Review

Why are literary critics fixating on one quality nowadays?

Nov 10, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Larissa Pham

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Bye, Donald Bye, Donald

The only reason Biden got more votes was because there was so much vote counting.

Nov 10, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Celia Paul Sits for Her Own Portrait

Celia Paul Sits for Her Own Portrait Celia Paul Sits for Her Own Portrait

The painter’s memoir Self-Portrait is a revelation. 
 

Nov 9, 2020 / Sophie Haigney

An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction

An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction

A mountain landscape, upon closer inspection, reveals rampant floods, tornadoes, and fires.

Nov 9, 2020 / Feature / David Opdyke and Lawrence Weschler

‘You Have to Listen to the Streets’: Rebel Diaz on Hip Hop and the Chilean Constitution

‘You Have to Listen to the Streets’: Rebel Diaz on Hip Hop and the Chilean Constitution ‘You Have to Listen to the Streets’: Rebel Diaz on Hip Hop and the Chilean Constitution

Brothers Rodrigo “RodStarz” and Gonzalo “G1” Venegas, who make up Rebel Diaz, discuss the role of art and music in Chilean activism.

Nov 5, 2020 / Q&A / Jack Delaney

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