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Will the Public Internet Survive?

Will the Public Internet Survive? Will the Public Internet Survive?

For Scott Malcomson, the Web is slowly being redefined according to the old political maps of nation-states.

Aug 11, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Tekendra Parmar

Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation

Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation

They way to see the author’s satire of small-village life whole is to see the translations multiplied.

Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

Tony Tulathimutte’s Worst-Case Scenarios

Tony Tulathimutte’s Worst-Case Scenarios Tony Tulathimutte’s Worst-Case Scenarios

In Private Citizens, the world is ridiculous enough for truths to stand out among absurdities.

Jun 17, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Larissa Pham

How Poems Think

How Poems Think How Poems Think

The power of lyric poetry lies in negation, not self-assertion.

Jun 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Time Servers

Time Servers Time Servers

A vision of time travel gets trapped in the media of our time.

Jun 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ava Kofman

How False Equivalence Is Distorting the 2016 Election Coverage

How False Equivalence Is Distorting the 2016 Election Coverage How False Equivalence Is Distorting the 2016 Election Coverage

The media’s need to cover “both sides” of every story makes no sense when one side has little regard for the truth.

Jun 2, 2016 / Feature / Eric Alterman

‘Goethe Dies’: A Brief and Headlong Book

‘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

‘On the Edge’ Gives No Pleasure

‘On the Edge’ Gives No Pleasure ‘On the Edge’ Gives No Pleasure

Rafael Chirbes’s second work to be translated into English operates like a psychological health tonic: It’s corrosive going down, but afterward the effect is invigorating.

Feb 25, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

Salman Rushdie.

Rushdie Misses the Magic Rushdie Misses the Magic

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights has all the markers of a Salman Rushdie novel, but it’s not a great book.

Jan 21, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

Luxembourg, one of Europe’s top tax havens.

Happiness and the Hidden Wealth of Nations Happiness and the Hidden Wealth of Nations

Two recent books show how challenging the fight against pernicious inequality remains.

Nov 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Shenk

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