Ode to the Belt Ode to the Belt
it’s clear the future does not bode well for the living my man wont let me forget where leather comes from the engineered animal bent over in chemical grass the slit thing hanged &…
Apr 19, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sam Sax
Puzzle No. 3464 Puzzle No. 3464
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Momentous heart? (5-10) 9 Essential energy reflected the sound of a cat and the sound of a bird (7) 10 Backslide a…
Apr 19, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Joan Jonas’s Fragments Joan Jonas’s Fragments
More than anything else, time itself is the material Jonas works with, manipulating it as a sculptor might mold clay.
Apr 19, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
How Martin Luther Paved the Way for Donald Trump How Martin Luther Paved the Way for Donald Trump
To understand why evangelicals support the president, look to the first Protestant.
Apr 19, 2018 / Feature / Michael Massing
From Progress to Poverty: America’s Long Gilded Age From Progress to Poverty: America’s Long Gilded Age
The America that emerged out of the Civil War was meant to be a radically more equal place. What went wrong?
Apr 18, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Steven Hahn
Teachers Are Leading the Working-Class Insurgency Teachers Are Leading the Working-Class Insurgency
And it’s not the first time.
Apr 17, 2018 / Steve Fraser
How to Be a Pacifist in a Gun-Loving Country How to Be a Pacifist in a Gun-Loving Country
True security lies not in arming ourselves against other people, but in connecting with them.
Apr 16, 2018 / Frida Berrigan
Harry Mathews’s Framed Stories Harry Mathews’s Framed Stories
Multiple meanings always simmer under the surface of his writing, but in The Solitary Twin, they’re more hidden.
Apr 16, 2018 / Alina Cohen
The Power of the Word The Power of the Word
Scientology’s unique manipulations of language seduced the novelist Sands Hall and kept her bound to the church.
Apr 12, 2018 / Michael Friedrich
Lose Newspapers and You Lose Your Democracy Lose Newspapers and You Lose Your Democracy
Apr 11, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman