Culture

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility

The singular cinematic achievement of Straub-Huillet.

May 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ricky D’Ambrose

The Afterlife of Polaroid

The Afterlife of Polaroid The Afterlife of Polaroid

The company presents a case study in photography as a phenomenon of the instantaneous.

May 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Frances Richard

Three Walls

Three Walls Three Walls

In the shadow of a wall, every house is different.

May 25, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich

Anthony Weiner

Anthony Weiner Wasn’t the Only One Who Couldn’t Stop Exposing Himself Anthony Weiner Wasn’t the Only One Who Couldn’t Stop Exposing Himself

A new documentary reveals the media’s narrow fixation on political sex scandals.

May 25, 2016 / Eric Alterman

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Great Trump Overload The Great Trump Overload

Soon we won’t recall the days before Trump.

May 24, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Students at at the University of Missouri

Will the Millennial Movement Rebuild the Ivory Tower or Be Crushed by It? Will the Millennial Movement Rebuild the Ivory Tower or Be Crushed by It?

School administrators absorb student demands into an increasingly market-oriented system of higher education.

May 23, 2016 / Aviva Chomsky

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

Stephen O’Connor Dreams of Thomas Jefferson Stephen O’Connor Dreams of Thomas Jefferson

Even as it condemns Jefferson for his immoral conduct, O’Connor’s novel still holds him up as a hero.

May 20, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof

What Was She Wearing?

What Was She Wearing? What Was She Wearing?

Katherine Cambareri’s photographs remind us: When its survivors are condemned, rape is condoned.

May 19, 2016 / Natalie Pattillo

Reverb

Reverb Reverb

I hate how syntax connects me to shit, or say the day is jeweled and burning, the fires banking, and none of its letters produce the horror at the heart of the index. The old docum…

May 19, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter Gizzi

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Letters From the June 6-13, 2016, Issue Letters From the June 6-13, 2016, Issue

The article, unfinished…

May 19, 2016 / Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky

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