Conductor of the Anonymous Conductor of the Anonymous
In her oral histories, Svetlana Alexievich orchestrates the voices of Russians trying to reconcile the irreconciliable.
Nov 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Benech
Real, Realist, Realistic, and False Real, Realist, Realistic, and False
Linda Rosenkrantz’s 1968 quasi-novel Talk reminds us that wry self-awareness and anxious fragility are hardly millennial inventions.
Nov 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld
Through the Slaughter Through the Slaughter
and Bialik Sky—have mercy. When flechettes fly forth from a shell, shot by a tank taking Ezekiel’s chariot’s name— When their thin fins invisibly whiz, whiflling the air…
Nov 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Peter Cole
Puzzle No. 3382 Puzzle No. 3382
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Hater, 19 (12) 7 Trade hands after a turn (4) 11 Surrealist poet had ultimately made a choice (5) 12 19 heros beat…
Nov 25, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Letters From the December 14, 2015, Issue Letters From the December 14, 2015, Issue
Sanders, Denmark, and Debs… tourists at the end of life… all that jive… food for the mind… one side of the story…
Nov 25, 2015 / Our Readers
Ben Carson Isn’t the Only US Politician With a Hand in Shady Latin American Dealings Ben Carson Isn’t the Only US Politician With a Hand in Shady Latin American Dealings
Duane Clarridge’s Iran/Contra history is horrifying—but it’s no worse than Hillary Clinton’s record in Colombia.
Nov 25, 2015 / Greg Grandin
November 25, 1947: The Hollywood Ten Are Blacklisted After Refusing to Testify to HUAC November 25, 1947: The Hollywood Ten Are Blacklisted After Refusing to Testify to HUAC
“A blacklist is an illegal instrument of terror which can exist only by sufferance of and connivance with the federal government.”
Nov 25, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Don’t Be So Quick to Defend Woodrow Wilson Don’t Be So Quick to Defend Woodrow Wilson
It would be a grave mistake to ignore the link between Wilson’s white supremacy at home and his racist militarism abroad.
Nov 24, 2015 / Greg Grandin
November 24, 1859: Charles Darwin Publishes ‘On the Origin of Species’ November 24, 1859: Charles Darwin Publishes ‘On the Origin of Species’
“Mr. Charles Darwin is probably the man who has done most to make the nineteenth century famous, full as it has been of wonders.”
Nov 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner