Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation
Holbrooke’s public and personal life captures the contradictions of a cohort of liberals that came of age in the 1960s.
Aug 13, 2019 / Books & the Arts / David Klion
Toni Morrison and ‘the Human Project’ Toni Morrison and ‘the Human Project’
Through her novels and essays, Morrison helped inspire a generation of writers to reckon with American history.
Aug 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
The Republicans’ 50-State Strategy The Republicans’ 50-State Strategy
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez’s State Capture examines the trio of right-wing groups that have helped fortify GOP power in local and state government.
Jul 30, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Bryce Covert
Chia-Chia Lin’s Haunting Immigrant Novel Chia-Chia Lin’s Haunting Immigrant Novel
Set in a dreamlike Alaska, The Unpassing examines the hope and tragedy of a Taiwanese-American family.
Jul 30, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Larissa Pham
Bruno Schulz’s Dream Worlds Bruno Schulz’s Dream Worlds
Born in turn-of-the-century Poland, Schulz lived both longer and better in his books than in real life.
Jul 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld
The Migrant Crisis, Through the Eyes of Human Traffickers The Migrant Crisis, Through the Eyes of Human Traffickers
Emiliano Monge’s novel Among the Lost leads a reader through the hellish migrant trail from the perspective of its most amoral agents.
Jul 17, 2019 / Books & the Arts / John Washington
Solvitur Ambulando Solvitur Ambulando
After the impossibility of the movement of any object through time was raised in light of the fact that, in time’s smallest unit, no motion can take place (which is to say, that an…
Jul 16, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Donnelly
Is ‘Veep’ Still Funny? Is ‘Veep’ Still Funny?
The show’s vicious political satire defined a decade of comedy, but its last season lacked the same punch.
Jul 16, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
The Class Politics of the Civil War The Class Politics of the Civil War
By naming a common enemy—the privileged class of slaveholders—the Republican Party and Union Army were able to build and then steer a coalition of Americans toward the systematic d...
Jul 15, 2019 / Books & the Arts / James Oakes
The Worlds of Kathleen Collins The Worlds of Kathleen Collins
The quiet brilliance of her films and fiction was found in her ability to to place the interior and subjective in the context of the social and political.
Jul 15, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Farah Jasmine Griffin