When Downtown Was Up When Downtown Was Up
A new exhibition on New York’s artist-run galleries reminds us of a vibrant but now distant past.
Mar 16, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands
How many times in the last two months have we all woken up and wondered what the hell Trump is going on about now?
Mar 15, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
Puzzle No. 3427 Puzzle No. 3427
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Composer’s material: one supporting Annan even halfway (6,9) 9 Care of flower: It can protect a tabletop (7) 10 Co…
Mar 15, 2017 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Serendipiter’s Journey The Serendipiter’s Journey
Gay Talese’s eye for detail turned out to be not only his strength but also his greatest weakness.
Mar 15, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Michelle Dean
The Enduring Struggle The Enduring Struggle
Frederick Douglass’s radical vision of democratic politics.
Mar 14, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Karp
Algeria’s New Imprint Algeria’s New Imprint
How Éditions Barzakh publishes books for Algerians who think and dream for themselves.
Mar 14, 2017 / Feature / Alice Kaplan
Trump’s America Is Like a Dystopian Novel, With One Importance Difference Trump’s America Is Like a Dystopian Novel, With One Importance Difference
We’re not readers, but active participants—with the ability to rewrite the ending.
Mar 13, 2017 / John Feffer
Stop the Trump Administration From Defunding the Arts and Humanities Stop the Trump Administration From Defunding the Arts and Humanities
This is not about fiscal responsibility.
Mar 13, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction
Atwood Road Atwood Road
(in memory, Jonathan Schell) A mile from Slough Pond’s glacial hush, a folded newspaper hat kept your bashed head cool, like the kite you made, three decades ago, from paper and tw…
Mar 9, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Cynthia Zarin