The Making of France’s Presidential System The Making of France’s Presidential System
Focusing on the tensions between top-down reforms and bottom-up democratic discontent, Herrick Chapman’s new history tells a very different story about postwar France.
Feb 18, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Hugo Drochon
Ricardo Piglia’s Books of Disquiet Ricardo Piglia’s Books of Disquiet
As he witnessed the dissolution of civil society under a series of repressive governments, the Argentine novelist and critic began recording the most mundane parts of everyday life...
Feb 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jessica Loudis
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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