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How to Be Critical of the Things You Love

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

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

An Honest, Good-Faith Medicare-for-All Debate An Honest, Good-Faith Medicare-for-All Debate

Just kidding!

Feb 12, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

A Style Guide for the 1 Percent

A Style Guide for the 1 Percent A Style Guide for the 1 Percent

The new grammar and usage handbook by Benjamin Dreyer, Twitter’s premier grammarian, reinforces an elitist view of writing and language.

Feb 11, 2019 / Kyle Paoletta

Fame and Art-Making in ‘Never Look Away,’ ‘A Star Is Born,’ and ‘The Wild Pear Tree’ 

Fame and Art-Making in ‘Never Look Away,’ ‘A Star Is Born,’ and ‘The Wild Pear Tree’  Fame and Art-Making in ‘Never Look Away,’ ‘A Star Is Born,’ and ‘The Wild Pear Tree’ 

Finding originality in already-told stories. 

Feb 8, 2019 / Stuart Klawans

Eve Babitz’s Visions of Total Freedom

Eve Babitz’s Visions of Total Freedom Eve Babitz’s Visions of Total Freedom

A new biography of the legendary Los Angeles socialite tries to crack the code of her writing’s allure.

Feb 8, 2019 / Marie Solis

Saving the Children

Saving the Children Saving the Children

Every day they were trapped, we checked in with the nightly news to hear how the Wild Boars were doing. A boot camp had been set up at the mouth of the cave after two divers discov…

Feb 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Julia Alvarez

Howard Schultz is the coffee man.

Howard Schultz May Run for President Howard Schultz May Run for President

The Democrats have welcomed Schultz As warmly as they might Darth Vader. It’s odd: A centrist billionaire Can look exactly like Ralph Nader.

Feb 7, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Puzzle No. 3489

Puzzle No. 3489 Puzzle No. 3489

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Fashion celebrity’s bad mood cut short when taking in poetic tribute to a hairstyle? (10)  6 Doctor said, “This is…

Feb 7, 2019 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’

The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’ The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’

His memoir is an affecting chronicle of both hope and despair in the American South.

Feb 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

How Did the Constitution Become America’s Authoritative Text?

How Did the Constitution Become America’s Authoritative Text? How Did the Constitution Become America’s Authoritative Text?

A new history of the early American republic recasts the origins of originalism and how the Constitution gained its “fixed” status.

Feb 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Karen J. Greenberg

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