Books & the Arts

The Love Poems of Virginia

The Love Poems of Virginia The Love Poems of Virginia

Now the love poems that aren’t about being devoured Are about being executed. One can see the naturalness Of the line, how it extends, how it was thought Into the holes of the futu…

Aug 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Scott Challener

How Did the Internet Get So Bad?

How Did the Internet Get So Bad? How Did the Internet Get So Bad?

Joanne McNeil’s Lurking, an account of the last 30 years of online life, reminds us the Internet didn't have to become what it is today.

Aug 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Lisa Borst

Julian Bond’s Life in Protest and Politics

Julian Bond’s Life in Protest and Politics Julian Bond’s Life in Protest and Politics

A new collection of essays demonstrates how the civil rights icon’s thinking evolved amid the upheavals of the 20th century.

Aug 10, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

Arca’s Rebellion Against Music and Life

Arca’s Rebellion Against Music and Life Arca’s Rebellion Against Music and Life

How the experimental artist made one of the year’s most defiant pop records. 

Aug 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez

Little Pharma on Rooms

Little Pharma on Rooms Little Pharma on Rooms

She thinks in a smaller hospital She would remember each face With some embarrassment She can remember all the rooms 1421 From whose eaves pigeons tumble Its permanent winter of sh…

Jul 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Laura Kolbe

For My Wife, Who Is Writing a Collection of Stories Called ‘Homescar’

For My Wife, Who Is Writing a Collection of Stories Called ‘Homescar’ For My Wife, Who Is Writing a Collection of Stories Called ‘Homescar’

Rocks are notched with sea limpets, and the pockets limpets leave once they’ve sealed into the rock and know themselves most inside it, shell swelling, softening the stone. You can…

Jul 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Nomi Stone

The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’

The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’ The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’

The television adaptation of the Sally Rooney novel depicts how people can fall in love in a world structured by power.

Jul 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

A Century of Struggle in Palestine

A Century of Struggle in Palestine A Century of Struggle in Palestine

Rashid Khalidi’s new history offers a political and personal portrait of more than a hundred years of colonization and resistance in Palestine.

Jul 27, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Kaleem Hawa

How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing

How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing

Rosemary Mayer’s journal from 1971 illuminates not just her work but also how a creative person makes sense of a life.

Jul 23, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Thea Ballard

Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’

Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’ Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’

Flitting between the intimate and the impersonal, the poet’s photographic project Memory is a hallmark of American conceptualism.

Jul 22, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Tausif Noor

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