Imani Perry’s Liberation Feminism Imani Perry’s Liberation Feminism
The African-American studies professor sits down with The Nation to discuss books, Beyoncé, and the radical potential of the academy.
May 29, 2019 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini
Suzan-Lori Parks Dares to Get Into Your Head Suzan-Lori Parks Dares to Get Into Your Head
In her recent play White Noise and a new film adaptation of Native Son, Parks probes the terrible truths of the American imagination.
May 28, 2019 / Alisa Solomon
Morgan Bassichis’s Haunted American Songbook Morgan Bassichis’s Haunted American Songbook
The performer’s work presents a riotous vision of what an intergenerational left might look like.
May 23, 2019 / Ari M. Brostoff
In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage
The poet’s debut play addresses appropriation, cultural ownership, and dirty money in the art world.
Apr 10, 2019 / Alisa Solomon
Who’s Going to Tell Trump? Who’s Going to Tell Trump?
Breaking: A report from inside the White House reveals infighting among advisers, consternation over Norwegian socialism, and the importance of chocolate milkshakes.
Apr 4, 2019 / Calvin Trillin
North Korea Through the Eyes of an American Dissident North Korea Through the Eyes of an American Dissident
As entertainment that deftly mixes history, satire, pathos, and comedy, Next Stop: North Korea is an unqualified success.
Mar 20, 2019 / Tim Shorrock
The Public’s Mobile Unit Restores the Mission of Theater The Public’s Mobile Unit Restores the Mission of Theater
A Midwestern tour of Sweat, staged in community spaces, invites its audience into the play.
Nov 2, 2018 / Elizabeth Pochoda
For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow
Through bravery and pain, she wrote with fierce love for young black women.
Nov 1, 2018 / Rebecca Carroll
Debora Barrios-Vasquez Took Sanctuary in a Manhattan Church to Avoid Deportation Debora Barrios-Vasquez Took Sanctuary in a Manhattan Church to Avoid Deportation
Then she wrote a play about it—and gave the story a happier ending.
Oct 22, 2018 / Laura Gottesdiener
Young Jean Lee’s Domestic Surrealism Young Jean Lee’s Domestic Surrealism
In her newest play, Lee offers us a look at the straight white man as a specimen.
Sep 11, 2018 / Alisa Solomon