A Violent Room A Violent Room
Why did the movie Purple Rain want or perhaps need to produce and reprise a particular fantasy of interraciality?
May 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Letters From the May 23-30, 2016, Issue Letters From the May 23-30, 2016, Issue
Childbearing vs. child-rearing… Lost in translation?…
May 5, 2016 / Our Readers, Madeline Ostrander, and Cynthia Haven
Puzzle No. 3398 Puzzle No. 3398
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 I am always on time, ahead of you when texting, and spontaneous (9) 6 Scoundrel and French military trainee (5) 9…
May 5, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
‘Goethe Dies’: A Brief and Headlong Book ‘Goethe Dies’: A Brief and Headlong Book
Thomas Bernhard makes intricate fiction from the grit and putty of life.
May 5, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
Home Home
When you enter the room You destroy the room, the room You waited so long to enter— No: “to get into,” to be allowed To enter and so on. A nod To Kafka, existentialism, theories Of…
May 5, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Laura Mullen
The Roots of American Conservatism The Roots of American Conservatism
Why do the politics of free markets and cultural reaction keep returning like some Republican Freddy Krueger?
May 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
‘Weiner’: If They Cheer, or if They Jeer ‘Weiner’: If They Cheer, or if They Jeer
The outstanding political film of the 2016 presidential season is about the 2013 New York City mayoral race.
May 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Race That Never Ends The Race That Never Ends
Give me victory, or give me crushing indifference.
May 3, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
The Extra Ordinary Bryson Tiller The Extra Ordinary Bryson Tiller
Despite his laconic demeanor, lowered expectations, and swag-proof wardrobe, the singer has still managed to create a platinum-selling album.
May 2, 2016 / Frank Guan
What Is It Good For? What Is It Good For?
In his new story collection, Luke Mogelson demonstrates that American soldiers fight for someone, and something, other than the reasons you hear.
Apr 29, 2016 / Alina Cohen