Between Mystery and Social Democracy: A Journey Through Scandinavian Crime Novels Between Mystery and Social Democracy: A Journey Through Scandinavian Crime Novels
We talked to Wendy Lesser about her new book Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery and just why this regional genre continues to strike a chord.
Jun 24, 2020 / Q&A / Rachel Monroe
A Lesbian Archive Sends Its Love Letter: Find History, Find Yourself A Lesbian Archive Sends Its Love Letter: Find History, Find Yourself
Scenes from a pandemic: 13
Jun 24, 2020 / Jewelle Gomez
‘To Embrace the Fucked-Up’: On Dodie Bellamy ‘To Embrace the Fucked-Up’: On Dodie Bellamy
The trailblazing San Francisco writer takes a political stance against systems that rely on social assimilation.
Jun 23, 2020 / Claire Mullen
Officer, Why the Riot Gear? Officer, Why the Riot Gear?
Racism and brutality are entrenched into our nation's police departments.
Jun 23, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
The World Is Finally Catching Up to Spike Lee The World Is Finally Catching Up to Spike Lee
From Do the Right Thing to Da 5 Bloods, no American filmmaker speaks more urgently to our times.
Jun 22, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Go Ahead and Destroy That Racist Statue (and Then the System Too) Go Ahead and Destroy That Racist Statue (and Then the System Too)
While politicians are painting murals in lieu of undertaking real change, protesters are making history by pulling down symbols of white supremacy.
Jun 22, 2020 / Jillian Steinhauer
Who Really Was Roy Cohn? Who Really Was Roy Cohn?
We talked to Ivy Meeropol about her new documentary on the man who helped send her grandparents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, to the electric chair.
Jun 18, 2020 / Q&A / Elena Goukassian
Charli XCX’s Experiment In Radical Transparency Charli XCX’s Experiment In Radical Transparency
During the first months of quarantine, she crafted an album in real time—and, in the process, celebrated how online connection changed the way we live and create.
Jun 17, 2020 / Olivia Horn
Food for Hard Times and Pleasure—Kimchee Out of Anything Food for Hard Times and Pleasure—Kimchee Out of Anything
Scenes from a pandemic: 12
Jun 17, 2020 / Scot Nakagawa
Bodies & Water Bodies & Water
I think about my kneecaps, my ear canal, the slight webbing between toes & fingers; I think about brown bodies, my body; how my belly ebbs & sinks & floats & calms…
Jun 16, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Felicia Zamora