The Radical Origins of Self-Help Literature The Radical Origins of Self-Help Literature
How did the genre of self-help go from one focused on collective empowerment to one serving the class hierarchy as it stands?
Nov 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson
Letters From the November 11/December 7, 2020, Issue Letters From the November 11/December 7, 2020, Issue
Hofstadter’s legacy…
Nov 17, 2020 / Our Readers and Jeet Heer
The Long and Terrifying History of the Blood Libel The Long and Terrifying History of the Blood Libel
A new history by Magda Teter tracks the spread of the pernicious myth and the role new technologies and communication tools played in its dissemination.
Nov 16, 2020 / Books & the Arts / David Nirenberg
Trump’s Response to Losing the Vote Trump’s Response to Losing the Vote
Tradition in America relates That losing presidential candidates Speak graciously, in phrases meant to heal And serve to benefit our commonweal. And what of Trump’s will scholars b…
Nov 14, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin
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
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?
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
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
A return to the galleries after New York City’s shutdown.
Nov 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky