The Trouble With White Women: An Interview With Kyla Schuller The Trouble With White Women: An Interview With Kyla Schuller
The author and academic explains the racist history that haunts our politics.
Nov 26, 2018 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini
Zora Neale Hurston’s Anthropological Method Zora Neale Hurston’s Anthropological Method
Though most readers will recognize Hurston as a Harlem Renaissance novelist, she was also an accomplished ethnographer.
Nov 26, 2018 / Safiya Charles
Puzzle No. 3483 Puzzle No. 3483
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 God rested by vessel (6) 4 Something you might eat at the shore: gruesome, macabre bit of turtle (8) 9 Appear in…
Nov 22, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Long, Entwined History of America First and the American Dream The Long, Entwined History of America First and the American Dream
A new history shows that these expressions were originally used in ways that are significantly different from our current understanding of them.
Nov 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Kevin M. Kruse
Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Cold War Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Cold War
A new biography of Jimmy Carter’s national-security adviser attempts to place him among the pantheon of master foreign-policy strategists, but was he?
Nov 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich
How Nell Painter Found Her Process How Nell Painter Found Her Process
Old in Art School recounts the historian’s journey from Sunday painter to professional artist.
Nov 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Jillian Steinhauer
HBO’s Hauntingly Faithful Adaptation of ‘My Brilliant Friend’ HBO’s Hauntingly Faithful Adaptation of ‘My Brilliant Friend’
The TV series is just as unflinching and intimate as Elena Ferrante’s novel.
Nov 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Marshall
Ambrose Akinmusire’s Jazz of Pure Possibility Ambrose Akinmusire’s Jazz of Pure Possibility
Teaming up with a chamber orchestra and freestyle rapper, the trumpeter’s recent album is fearlessly imaginative.
Nov 19, 2018 / David Hajdu
Frederick Wiseman’s Portraits of Nostalgia Frederick Wiseman’s Portraits of Nostalgia
His latest film, Monrovia, Indiana, documents the inner workings of one small town in America.
Nov 16, 2018 / Stuart Klawans
Jenny Hval’s Queer Eden Jenny Hval’s Queer Eden
In her debut novel, Paradise Rot, the Norwegian musician plays with themes that run throughout her rewarding discography.
Nov 14, 2018 / Ann-Derrick Gaillot