The Alpha Male’s Guide to Power-Hair-Styling The Alpha Male’s Guide to Power-Hair-Styling
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Dec 28, 2017 / Sally Gardner
It’s a Daisy It’s a Daisy
Bats twin the sky drowsy from billowing home to watch Night Court. I, Nikki, as a contemporary woman: is bound to ask who’s spiraling in the faucet. If you keep no-lye relaxers on…
Dec 28, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Nikki Wallschlaeger
Puzzle No. 3452 Puzzle No. 3452
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Ultimately, saddest tear to go viral (5) 4 Those who aren’t expert mostly gather to admit true failing (8) 9 “Loo…
Dec 28, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Mary McCarthy’s Unsparing Honesty Mary McCarthy’s Unsparing Honesty
For McCarthy, accuracy was more than just a literary aesthetic; it was a moral and political position.
Dec 28, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty
Arbitrary Rule Arbitrary Rule
A new work of political theory captures the workplace power dynamics behind sexual harassment.
Dec 27, 2017 / Books & the Arts / J.C. Pan
The Marvel of Cécile McLorin Salvant The Marvel of Cécile McLorin Salvant
How wonderful, and strange, that a jazz singer can achieve such stardom nowadays.
Dec 26, 2017 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
In Turkey, Repression of the Kurdish Language Is Back, With No End in Sight In Turkey, Repression of the Kurdish Language Is Back, With No End in Sight
Since 2015, scores of Kurdish media organizations, associations, language schools, and cultural institutions have been shut down.
Dec 21, 2017 / Constanze Letsch
What Films to See Over the Holidays What Films to See Over the Holidays
The spectacle of Alexander Payne’s Downsizing, the anti-Trump propaganda of Steven Spielberg’s The Post, an inexplicable period melodrama by Paul Thomas Anderson, and more.
Dec 21, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Before Romare Bearden’s Collages Before Romare Bearden’s Collages
The painter’s little-known abstract period was not an end, but a method of discovery.
Dec 21, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Best Albums of 2017 The Best Albums of 2017
This year, no common thread unifies all the albums of high quality—except for the obvious fact that they were released at a time of profound anxiety, looming danger, and enveloping...
Dec 20, 2017 / David Hajdu