The Travails of Emmanuel Macron The Travails of Emmanuel Macron
A new book equates the French president's rise to a revolution. For much of France’s working and middle classes, it has been nothing short of a disaster.
Apr 1, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Cole Stangler
The Myth of the American Frontier The Myth of the American Frontier
Greg Grandin’s new book charts the past and present of American expansionism and its high human costs.
Apr 1, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jedediah Britton-Purdy
‘How Do You Address Disappearance?’: A Q&A With Valeria Luiselli ‘How Do You Address Disappearance?’: A Q&A With Valeria Luiselli
Her new novel, Lost Children Archive, spotlights the mistreatment of migrant children, and in the process, interrogates timely questions about storytelling during times of crisis.&...
Apr 1, 2019 / John Washington
Can ‘Captain Marvel’ Withstand the Marveldämmerung? Can ‘Captain Marvel’ Withstand the Marveldämmerung?
On the comic book universe’s Gesamtkunstwerk and other recent films.
Mar 28, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
Low Point? Low Point?
Is what Trump said of John McCain As low as low can get? No. Knowing Trump, it’s likely that We ain’t seen nothing yet.
Mar 28, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters From the April 15, 2019, Issue Letters From the April 15, 2019, Issue
What about the Marshall Court?… The white supremacists around us… Debating the need for debate…
Mar 28, 2019 / Our Readers
Little Death Little Death
after Jonathas de Andrade When a man traps a fish he removes the hook from its side and once it has beaten its fright into the wooden boat with its strongest slaps he will clutch t…
Mar 28, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Galvin
Puzzle No. 3494 Puzzle No. 3494
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Hold down a soda (lawyer’s drink) (4,6) 6 Close to the target with gun, perhaps (4) 9 Covered in oddly sour wine…
Mar 28, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Jordan Peele’s Dive Into the Uncanny Valley Jordan Peele’s Dive Into the Uncanny Valley
The possibilities of Us redouble endlessly... and a little fruitlessly.
Mar 25, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Namwali Serpell
This Is How You Make an Electronic Masterpiece This Is How You Make an Electronic Masterpiece
Helado Negro’s new album of deeply intimate electronic music is simply stunning.
Mar 22, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez