Fashion’s Cycle Fashion’s Cycle
after Rana Plaza To be born is to risk the ghost of a factory collapse to try it on in intervals in front of the mirror. I loved the baby doll dress like no other. I can see it. I…
Jul 19, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Rosa Alcala
Eight Slateku Eight Slateku
The brown paper bag Is almost the greatest invention in the world The brown paper bag with handles Is * Alexander Graham Bell Thank you thank you thank you Where would we be withou…
Jul 19, 2018 / Books & the Arts / John Lee Clark
Aline Kominsky-Crumb’s Radical Honesty Aline Kominsky-Crumb’s Radical Honesty
In her books, the cartoonist constantly reworks the raw materials of her life.
Jul 19, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Jillian Steinhauer
Can Charles Mills Save Liberal Philosophy From Itself? Can Charles Mills Save Liberal Philosophy From Itself?
In his new book, the philosopher argues that political theory has obscured the history of racism in liberal societies.
Jul 18, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Lebron
The Gospel According to serpentwithfeet The Gospel According to serpentwithfeet
The former choirboy blurs the earthly and the heavenly on his debut album, soil.
Jul 6, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Briana Younger
In ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ Boots Riley Shreds the Script In ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ Boots Riley Shreds the Script
Nothing in Boots Riley’s directorial debut happens the way it’s supposed to.
Jul 6, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
How-To How-To
Editor’s note: On July 24, 2018, The Nation and its poetry editors, Stephanie Burt and Carmen Giménez Smith, made this statement about the poem below, which con…
Jul 5, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Anders Carlson-Wee
Border Border
Things different over there the words for them different the things themselves all the same she put her flesh in the mouth of a coyote so that he would take her a cross to mark th…
Jul 5, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Pemberton Strong
The Trials of Jimmy Carter The Trials of Jimmy Carter
The president without a party.
Jul 5, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire
The radical vision of the Martinique poet and politician.
Jul 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David B. Hobbs