Gary Cohn, Populist Gary Cohn, Populist
His goal was to make an adjustment in taxes That feathered the nest of the Goldmans and Sachses. His mission accomplished, his White House tour ends With many more millions for him…
Mar 15, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Courage Courage
Stillness until six, the yards and porches giant toy sets for the street cats. Each sleep a baffling practice for leaving you behind entirely, even if we’re touching hands. For the…
Mar 15, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Nate Klug
Translating an Autopsy, or To the Man Autopsied Into 99 Pages Translating an Autopsy, or To the Man Autopsied Into 99 Pages
Please know that I read them all and could not weep, afraid to compromise the task I was handed: to reconstitute this you in the Spanish tongue. Know that I aimed to honor what the…
Mar 15, 2018 / Books & the Arts / José A. Rodríguez
Puzzle No. 3460 Puzzle No. 3460
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 7 Carol devours Vonnegut’s first book (5) 8 Paradise is quiet, and almost madly angelic at the outset (7-2) 9…
Mar 15, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Grotesque, Primeval Behemoth Thoroughly Enjoying Trump Chaos Grotesque, Primeval Behemoth Thoroughly Enjoying Trump Chaos
It’s hungry for more.
Mar 14, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
John Ashbery’s Day Job John Ashbery’s Day Job
The poet as art critic.
Mar 14, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Genre of Post-Genre The Genre of Post-Genre
William Brittelle has drawn from classical music, punk rock, and electronica to produce music that is at once free-ranging and a thrill to experience.
Mar 13, 2018 / David Hajdu
Shirley Chisholm Deserves a Great Big Statue Honoring Her in the Capitol Shirley Chisholm Deserves a Great Big Statue Honoring Her in the Capitol
Kamala Harris and Yvette Clarke have a bill that would do just that.
Mar 9, 2018 / John Nichols
Encountering Ghosts in Family Photos, Historical Dolls, and ‘Black Panther’ Encountering Ghosts in Family Photos, Historical Dolls, and ‘Black Panther’
Mythmaking can connect the past to the present, and reveal a promised future.
Mar 9, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Language Is a ‘War Zone’: A Conversation With Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Language Is a ‘War Zone’: A Conversation With Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
The Kenyan author discusses colonialism and abandoning English to write in his native Kikuyu.
Mar 9, 2018 / Q&A / Rohit Inani