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I hate how syntax connects me to shit, or say the day is jeweled and burning, the fires banking, and none of its letters produce the horror at the heart of the index. The old docum…
May 19, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter Gizzi
Letters From the June 6-13, 2016, Issue Letters From the June 6-13, 2016, Issue
The article, unfinished…
May 19, 2016 / Letters / Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky
Puzzle No. 3399 Puzzle No. 3399
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Davis and Tatum, circling a piano at a great distance (5,5) 6 Swindle results from reverse-engineered computers (4…
May 19, 2016 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
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These lost stars tomorrow will they be there when we wake in our sorrow, is it us so lost in the moment, is it today we look to flower If it were because the time we saw and…
May 19, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter Gizzi
Benedict Anderson’s View of Nationalism Benedict Anderson’s View of Nationalism
The child of late empire, who transformed the field of area studies, lived a life beyond boundaries.
May 19, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman
The Pundits Are Always Right The Pundits Are Always Right
There’s no place for ambition in American politics.
May 18, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
The Annie Dillard Show The Annie Dillard Show
In felicitous language, she enables us to see the world afresh. But there is always a distance, a sense of performance.
May 18, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
The Soul of the Tea Party The Soul of the Tea Party
The Koch brothers may have paid for some buses, but Fox News and talk radio filled them with bodies.
May 17, 2016 / Books & the Arts / David Bromwich
A Blues for Albert Murray A Blues for Albert Murray
His name was never household familiar. Yet his complex, mind-opening analysis of art and life remains as timely as ever—probably more so.
May 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Chatterton Williams