The Eco-Police Are Coming for You! The Eco-Police Are Coming for You!
The Green New Dealers want your private property, and they’ll stop at nothing to get it!
Feb 19, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Folk Music That Bends Time and Space Folk Music That Bends Time and Space
The songs on Jessica Pratt’s new album Quiet Signs seem to exist in a tranquil place just outside reality.
Feb 18, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Olivia Horn
Is This the Best Rock Album of 2019? Is This the Best Rock Album of 2019?
Girlpool’s What Chaos Is Imaginary is a veritable indie-rock dream world.
Feb 15, 2019 / Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Wellness Is Always a Scam Wellness Is Always a Scam
Sam Lipsyte’s novel Hark is a righteous send-up of self-help gobbledegook and the mindfulness industry.
Feb 15, 2019 / Nathan Goldman
Julia Wolfe’s Haunting Elegy to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Julia Wolfe’s Haunting Elegy to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
A monumental achievement in high musical drama, Wolfe’s new piece Fire in my mouth is already one of the year’s best performances.
Feb 14, 2019 / David Hajdu
The Myth of Nationalism Is the Scariest Thing of All The Myth of Nationalism Is the Scariest Thing of All
Sarah Moss’s haunting new novel Ghost Wall looks at the evil that lurks behind the stories we tell ourselves about borders and ancestral origins.
Feb 13, 2019 / Emma Hager
Hearing the Trauma You Can’t See Hearing the Trauma You Can’t See
Kevin Beasley’s new Whitney show, built around a massive, whirring cotton-gin motor, argues for a new way to listen to the horror and beauty of history.
Feb 13, 2019 / Tiana Reid
What a Midwestern Presidential Candidate Learned From Marxist Intellectuals What a Midwestern Presidential Candidate Learned From Marxist Intellectuals
Pete Buttigieg’s father was a Gramsci scholar—but he taught his son more about ethics than revolution.
Feb 12, 2019 / Sara Marcus
How to Be Critical of the Things You Love How to Be Critical of the Things You Love
Poet and critic Hanif Abdurraqib’s new book on A Tribe Called Quest is also a consideration of what it means to be a music fan in 2019.
Feb 12, 2019 / Nawal Arjini
An Honest, Good-Faith Medicare-for-All Debate An Honest, Good-Faith Medicare-for-All Debate
Just kidding!
Feb 12, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow