An Old Story An Old Story
We were made to understand it would be Terrible. Every small want, every niggling urge, Every hate swollen to a kind of epic wind. Livid, the land, and ravaged, like a rageful Drea…
Jun 29, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Tracy K. Smith
The United States Welcomes You The United States Welcomes You
Why and by whose power were you sent? What do you see that you may wish to steal? Why all this dancing? Why do your dark bodies Drink up the light? What are you demanding That we f…
Jun 29, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Tracy K. Smith
Letters From the July 17-14, 2017, Issue Letters From the July 17-14, 2017, Issue
Not that unpopular… Subject, verb… violence… DNC MIA… Applause for Merkley… Perriello: promise and peril… Thoughtful space… Top keavy…
Jun 29, 2017 / Our Readers
Puzzle No. 3436 Puzzle No. 3436
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 8 Brave pair follows Laurel, carrying platinum (5,2,2) 10 Coal worker is more delicate after 17 (5) 11 Pace beginning…
Jun 29, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Ambiguous Sculptures of Melvin Edwards and Rachel Harrison The Ambiguous Sculptures of Melvin Edwards and Rachel Harrison
Time spent with their work serves as a reminder that most good artists don’t provide ironclad justifications for their choices
Jun 29, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Socialism’s Past and Future Socialism’s Past and Future
Axel Honneth’s new book seeks to give renewed meaning to the socialist ideal.
Jun 28, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Martin Jay
Fighting American Wars on Reality TV Fighting American Wars on Reality TV
Jun 27, 2017 / Rebecca Gordon
Grace Paley’s Crowded World Grace Paley’s Crowded World
In her life, as in her writing, the boundaries between the personal and the political were remarkably porous.
Jun 27, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty
The Republican Health-Care Plan Explained The Republican Health-Care Plan Explained
“Oh come on, we don’t need affordable health care. People can always go to the emergency room!”
Jun 27, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
Percival Everett’s Abstract Art Percival Everett’s Abstract Art
His new novel, So Much Blue, is a meditation on seeing and abstraction, and it might be key for recognizing a new form of literary social critique.
Jun 26, 2017 / Paul Devlin