Culture

Sorry to Bother You

In ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ Boots Riley Shreds the Script In ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ Boots Riley Shreds the Script

Nothing in Boots Riley’s directorial debut happens the way it’s supposed to.

Jul 6, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Ed Schultz at a Bernie Sanders event

Ed Schultz Respected the Wisdom of Working-Class People Ed Schultz Respected the Wisdom of Working-Class People

The veteran broadcaster, who has died at age 64, gave the microphone to Americans who are rarely asked their opinions.

Jul 5, 2018 / John Nichols

How-To

How-To How-To

Editor’s note: On July 24, 2018, The Nation and its poetry editors, Stephanie Burt and Carmen Giménez Smith, made this statement about the poem below, which con…

Jul 5, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Anders Carlson-Wee

Border

Border Border

Things different over there the words for them different the things themselves all the same she put her flesh in the mouth of a coyote so that he would take her a cross to mark th…

Jul 5, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Pemberton Strong

Puzzle No. 3471

Puzzle No. 3471 Puzzle No. 3471

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Like a small percentage of Beatles songs, I say (2,6)  5 Engrave X’s on train (6) 10 Admire Baroque scepter (7) 11 …

Jul 5, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

The Trials of Jimmy Carter

The Trials of Jimmy Carter The Trials of Jimmy Carter

 The president without a party.

Jul 5, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

Katharine Gates’s Anthropology of Kink

Katharine Gates’s Anthropology of Kink Katharine Gates’s Anthropology of Kink

The republication of Deviant Desires provides an opportunity to consider notions of sexuality that are often ignored or minimized elsewhere.

Jul 3, 2018 / Cassidy Dawn Graves

The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire

The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire

The radical vision of the Martinique poet and politician.

Jul 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David B. Hobbs

Roger Scruton’s Conservative Moment

Roger Scruton’s Conservative Moment Roger Scruton’s Conservative Moment

Scruton’s new book is framed as an “invitation to the great tradition” of the right—but what it offers is anachronistic and hopelessly obscure.

Jul 2, 2018 / Joseph Hogan

Rethinking Cultural Currents of the South

Rethinking Cultural Currents of the South Rethinking Cultural Currents of the South

Two new projects remind us of the cultural potency of the region.

Jun 28, 2018 / Elizabeth Pochoda

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