In Elvia Wilk’s ‘Oval,’ Berlin Is Where the Late Capitalist Apocalypse Finally Happens In Elvia Wilk’s ‘Oval,’ Berlin Is Where the Late Capitalist Apocalypse Finally Happens
Her debut novel is a cutting satire of a future in which corporate doublespeak, art-world pedants, and climate change threaten to undo the German capital.
Jun 4, 2019 / Alex Ronan
White House Stonewall White House Stonewall
Subpoenas harass us. We throw them away. More witch hunt! We cannot abide it. We’ve said all along we’ve got nothing to hide, And that’s why we’re trying to hide it.
Jun 4, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin
There’s No Band Quite Like Big Thief There’s No Band Quite Like Big Thief
Wrapped into its new album U.F.O.F.’s delicate folds are fragility and resilience, love and trauma, nature and ether, enclosure and space, light and dark.
Jun 4, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Olivia Horn
Robert Mueller, American Sphinx Robert Mueller, American Sphinx
Insufficient evidence is not evidence of insufficiency...or something.
Jun 4, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Ishmael Reed Tries to Undo the Damage ‘Hamilton’ Has Wrought Ishmael Reed Tries to Undo the Damage ‘Hamilton’ Has Wrought
His new play, The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda, is an extremely earnest attempt to show Miranda the many errors of his blockbuster musical.
Jun 3, 2019 / Nawal Arjini
The Tangled History of American and Israeli Exceptionalism The Tangled History of American and Israeli Exceptionalism
Amy Kaplan’s new book examines the pioneering cultural myths that have tied Israel and the United States together.
Jun 3, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Rashid Khalidi
Navigating Freedom With Cass Sunstein Navigating Freedom With Cass Sunstein
When nudges won’t set you free.
Jun 3, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Remembering Tony Horwitz, Intrepid Traveler and Chronicler of the South Remembering Tony Horwitz, Intrepid Traveler and Chronicler of the South
A kindred spirit to Frederick Law Olmsted, Horwitz heard antebellum echoes everywhere.
May 31, 2019 / Jamie Stiehm
Melii Is Not Playing Around Melii Is Not Playing Around
The Afro-Latina Harlem rapper’s brash music slides seamlessly between languages, cultures, and the boundaries of genre.
May 30, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez