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
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
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
The power of lyric poetry lies in negation, not self-assertion.
Jun 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
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
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
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
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
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
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