Mitski’s Scream Mitski’s Scream
Her new album captures a generation’s complaints and forthright sense of confidence.
Sep 10, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Samantha Schuyler
The Women of Impressionism The Women of Impressionism
Mary Cassatt, Elizabeth Nourse, Berthe Morisot, and Rosa Bonheur were as central to Impressionism’s shifting and often contradictory currents as their male counterparts.
Aug 30, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Afterlives of Charles de Gaulle The Afterlives of Charles de Gaulle
A new biography claims his vision was a stabilizing synthesis of France’s monarchical and republican political traditions. But was it?
Aug 29, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
William Parker’s Late-Career Bloom William Parker’s Late-Career Bloom
After a 45-year-long career, the jazz bassist is still creating experimental music pulsing with humanity.
Aug 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
The World of Eduardo Galeano The World of Eduardo Galeano
The writer's radical commitments made him an intimate witness to many of the major turning points in Latin American politics over the last 75 years.
Aug 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Mark Engler
The Promise of a Universal Basic Income—and Its Limitations The Promise of a Universal Basic Income—and Its Limitations
Guaranteed income would help address issues of basic subsistence, but it's not the panacea its advocates claim it to be.
Aug 15, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bryce Covert
Mel Chin’s Social Surrealism Mel Chin’s Social Surrealism
Lamentations and revivals.
Aug 2, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Making of 20th-Century New York The Making of 20th-Century New York
The history of America's extreme metropolis captures a city caught between radicalism and reaction.
Aug 2, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
In Tony Kushner’s America In Tony Kushner’s America
When it first debuted, Angels in America helped mark the rising fortunes of the gay-rights movement in the 1990s and early 2000s. What does it tell us about today?
Aug 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Serby
The Rise and Fall of Kanye and Drake The Rise and Fall of Kanye and Drake
The genres that West and Drake once defined are now the domain of a new generation of musicians.
Jul 19, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen