October 3, 1925: Gore Vidal Is Born October 3, 1925: Gore Vidal Is Born
“In hindsight, I can see that our ending was implicit in our beginning.”
Oct 3, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
There’s No Conflict of Interest in the ‘New York Times’ Review of Kissinger’s Biography There’s No Conflict of Interest in the ‘New York Times’ Review of Kissinger’s Biography
The reviewer was Kissinger’s top pick to be his own biographer—what could go wrong?
Oct 2, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Literature as Map to Liberty Literature as Map to Liberty
In John Keene’s ambitious new volume of stories, resistance is required because exile isn’t an option.
Oct 1, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich
Puzzle No. 3375 Puzzle No. 3375
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Torn-up shoestring subjected to review (9) 6 God’s way to tell a mug from a demitasse? (5) 9 Helps Japanese prime…
Oct 1, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
A Stage Across the Sea A Stage Across the Sea
An unjustly-neglected Libyan novelist captured the twisted logic of colonialism, past and present.
Oct 1, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ursula Lindsey
Why Has Criticism of the Whitney Been Unmoored? Why Has Criticism of the Whitney Been Unmoored?
It shouldn’t be surprising that the museum’s new building looks most like… a building.
Oct 1, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Memphis Memphis
1 To set all four paws on an upturned tub and not topple over was as much as I could manage even when I still strode into battle with my lord Ramses. Mite-ridden then, raw with man…
Oct 1, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Paul Muldoon
The Truth Behind the Televised Lie The Truth Behind the Televised Lie
From the creators of The Matrix, the new Netflix show Sense8 inadvertently tells the saddest story in the world.
Oct 1, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Kevin Powell’s Memoir Will Crush You Kevin Powell’s Memoir Will Crush You
An autobiography that’s really a first-hand account about surviving racism and poverty only mostly intact, The Education of Kevin Powell is revelatory.
Sep 30, 2015 / Dave Zirin
September 30, 2005: Cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed Appear in a Danish Newspaper September 30, 2005: Cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed Appear in a Danish Newspaper
“The cartoon scandal is about much more than freedom of speech. At its heart the controversy is about power.”
Sep 30, 2015 / Richard Kreitner