Philip Guston’s Man Beyond Redemption Philip Guston’s Man Beyond Redemption
Guston’s drawings of Richard Nixon stayed private until decades after the artist’s death.
Nov 26, 2016 / Alina Cohen
Darcy James Argue’s Terrific Thrill Darcy James Argue’s Terrific Thrill
A staggeringly ambitious album explores the themes of cultural paranoia and false truth.
Nov 25, 2016 / David Hajdu
Thanksgiving Celebrates Migrants Seeking Refuge From Intolerance and Threats Thanksgiving Celebrates Migrants Seeking Refuge From Intolerance and Threats
Thanksgiving is a holiday for what conservatives call “multicultural pieties”—for embracing diversity, for sharing our prosperity, for recalling the history of welcoming the strang...
Nov 24, 2016 / John Nichols
What Time Is It? Here’s What the 2016 Election Tells Us About Obama, Trump, and What Comes Next What Time Is It? Here’s What the 2016 Election Tells Us About Obama, Trump, and What Comes Next
Political scientist Stephen Skowronek talks about how his theory of the cycles of presidential history explains the campaign’s shocking results.
Nov 22, 2016 / Richard Kreitner
Seeing Mars, Seeing Red Seeing Mars, Seeing Red
As the climate warms and this planet of ours continues sprinting toward extinction, we’re seeing the cultural fixation with Mars take center stage.
Nov 19, 2016 / Sam Sax
The Personal Is Political, But Not Always Fictional The Personal Is Political, But Not Always Fictional
What is the novelist Intizar Husain’s theory of Pakistani history?
Nov 19, 2016 / Ratik Asokan
A Tribe Called Quest: Thank Them for Their Service A Tribe Called Quest: Thank Them for Their Service
The group returned just when we needed it.
Nov 18, 2016 / Marcus J. Moore
‘I Am Interested in Collective Characters’: An Interview With Nanni Balestrini ‘I Am Interested in Collective Characters’: An Interview With Nanni Balestrini
The legendary Italian author speaks with Rachel Kushner.
Nov 17, 2016 / Q&A / Rachel Kushner
Film Noir at Gallop Park, On the Edge Film Noir at Gallop Park, On the Edge
of suburbia in flux behind one of the town’s, count ’em, two mega high schools. The sometimes-tended-to nature preserve where green & green slide crisp between brisk handshakes…
Nov 17, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Marcus Wicker
Puzzle No. 3416 Puzzle No. 3416
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. 1 Astonish an archery aficionado? (4,4) 5 Beetle to injure a butterfly’s head (6) 10 After inauguration, platform for hatre…
Nov 17, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto