Toni Morrison’s Cosmos Toni Morrison’s Cosmos
Like a new planet, she shifted the flow of gravity in American culture.
Aug 8, 2019 / Jesse McCarthy
Puzzle No. 3506 Puzzle No. 3506
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Nobel-winning author is yellowish, and sadly blue on the inside (4,6) 6 50 percent failure dogs onboard computer (…
Aug 8, 2019 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Jia Tolentino On Wringing Joy Out of Our Nightmare World Jia Tolentino On Wringing Joy Out of Our Nightmare World
The New Yorker staff writer talks to us about all the cultural obsessions and crises she chronicles in her debut nonfiction collection Trick Mirror.
Aug 8, 2019 / Quinn Moreland
Toni Morrison and ‘the Human Project’ Toni Morrison and ‘the Human Project’
Through her novels and essays, Morrison helped inspire a generation of writers to reckon with American history.
Aug 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
Chance the Rapper’s Tedious Benediction Chance the Rapper’s Tedious Benediction
On The Big Day, Chance gets swallowed up by the pomp, circumstance, and symbolism of his long-awaited debut album.
Aug 7, 2019 / Stephen Kearse
Who Doesn’t Love Private Health Insurance? Who Doesn’t Love Private Health Insurance?
Some days, arguing with your representative over the phone is the only human connection you have.
Aug 7, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
The Play Challenging Us to See the Rot at the Heart of Our Democracy The Play Challenging Us to See the Rot at the Heart of Our Democracy
As its New York run ends, What the Constitution Means to Me remains an urgent and salient critique of the country’s foundational document.
Aug 6, 2019 / Alisa Solomon
What Netflix’s ‘Great Hack’ Gets Wrong About Cambridge Analytica What Netflix’s ‘Great Hack’ Gets Wrong About Cambridge Analytica
The British consulting firm didn’t steal the 2016 election, and it couldn’t have if it tried.
Aug 6, 2019 / Micah L. Sifry
The Dirtbag Magnetism of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s ‘Fleabag’ The Dirtbag Magnetism of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s ‘Fleabag’
Across its two seasons, the show and its creator’s antic imagination tore apart TV storytelling conventions.
Aug 5, 2019 / Erin Schwartz
The Hallucinatory Violence of Quentin Tarantino’s Alternate Histories The Hallucinatory Violence of Quentin Tarantino’s Alternate Histories
Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood looks back at the summer of ’69 and brings the Manson family murders into the present.
Aug 2, 2019 / Stuart Klawans