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Puzzle No. 3460

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

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

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 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 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

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 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

MGMT Andrew VanWyndarden performing at Coachella 2014

Music for Dark Times Music for Dark Times

MGMT and Poliça’s new albums offer songs of solace and alarm.

Mar 8, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

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Letters From the April 2, 2018, Issue Letters From the April 2, 2018, Issue

No magazine is an island… Never mind Armageddon… Executive dysfunction… Behold the nothing that is…

Mar 8, 2018 / Our Readers

Jared Kushner, White House Real-Estate Developer

Jared Kushner, White House Real-Estate Developer Jared Kushner, White House Real-Estate Developer

Young Jared Kushner thought that he could mix His job with getting cash for 666. (That debt-stuffed building on the River Styx Was not among his most inspired picks.) It looks as i…

Mar 8, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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