Books & the Arts

Tame Impala Is Feeling Serenity Now

Tame Impala Is Feeling Serenity Now Tame Impala Is Feeling Serenity Now

The Australian band’s contemplative new album finds calm in its stadium rock ambitions.

Feb 14, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore

070 Shake’s Master Plan

070 Shake’s Master Plan 070 Shake’s Master Plan

The New Jersey rapper’s debut album is a showcase for a one-of-a-kind voice.

Feb 13, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse

Family Portrait With Enchiladas and a Movie

Family Portrait With Enchiladas and a Movie Family Portrait With Enchiladas and a Movie

Picture this: my heart as thick orange as manteca as we turn on Twister for what has to be the sixteenth time since 1996,   and my parents are tired of it now, but I really be…

Feb 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Analicia Sotelo

A Driftless Son

A Driftless Son A Driftless Son

It came to me to sell the family farm, shift its failures to a man who planned   to occupy the place for recreation, to hunt the deer that spook and shadow in the pines,  …

Feb 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Mark Wunderlich

Who Gets to Be British?

Who Gets to Be British? Who Gets to Be British?

In Imperial Intimacies, Hazel Carby offers her readers a personal and often heartbreaking history of British empire and identity. 

Feb 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Gaiutra Bahadur

The Vexed History of Zionism and the Left

The Vexed History of Zionism and the Left The Vexed History of Zionism and the Left

A new book asks why the left fell out of love with Zionism, but what it reveals is why liberal Zionists fell out of love with the left.

Feb 10, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Leifer

Folded Note

Folded Note Folded Note

It’s too cold for the first night of a new season. All gone, the neighbors’ cars. Are you alone? Where are they? Perhaps the flight,   the one carrying your daughter and wife,…

Feb 4, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Craig Morgan Teicher

After Image

After Image After Image

A warm windy day the window sucks in   with white curtains. You’ve left me a specter   whether trace or double remains to be seen:   blurry photo of fog, midnight ti…

Feb 4, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Kate Colby

Kaytranada Captures an Entire Party’s Worth of Sound on ‘Bubba’

Kaytranada Captures an Entire Party’s Worth of Sound on ‘Bubba’ Kaytranada Captures an Entire Party’s Worth of Sound on ‘Bubba’

The electronic producer’s new album feels like the full flowering of a major talent.

Feb 4, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

John Berger’s Life Between Art and Politics

John Berger’s Life Between Art and Politics John Berger’s Life Between Art and Politics

Caught between town and country, love and criticism, the English writer’s work tracks the political evolution of his generation.

Feb 3, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

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