Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye
In the absence of revolution, Perry Anderson embraces realism.
May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins
Cardi B’s Best Life Cardi B’s Best Life
What some would consider missteps, the rapper has turned into the stuff of stardom, and Invasion of Privacy is a momentous testament to perseverance.
May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Briana Younger
oh your finger mulatto oh your finger mulatto
where did you leave it entangled in which propeller in whose maw who preserves it as a keepsake in a small crystal vase who uses it for shark bait who keeps it as a chinrest while…
May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Mayra Santos-Febres
from ‘TRIPAS’ from ‘TRIPAS’
Conduzco y conduces —carpoolers & Catholics— conduction wires to Latin. “Brought together” —heads bowed as if praying— these women make strange commun…
May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Brandon Som
ah mulato tu dedo ah mulato tu dedo
dónde lo dejaste1 enredado en qué helice en qué fauce2 quién lo conserva de recuerdo en un frasquito de cristal3 quién lo usa para carnada con qué pescar tiburones4 quién lo apoya…
May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Mayra Santos-Febres
Assemblages Assemblages
—after Rodin’s Female nude climbing out of a pot
Apr 26, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Angie Estes
Alfred Döblin’s Hard-boiled Berlin Alfred Döblin’s Hard-boiled Berlin
In Berlin Alexanderplatz, we are plunged into a cauldron of alienation, violence, and social breakdown that would deliver all of Germany into the hands of the Nazis.
Apr 26, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Adam Kirsch
Wallace Thurman in Harlem Wallace Thurman in Harlem
As an editor, novelist, and playwright, Wallace Thurman sought to offer honest, unabashed portraits of black life in Harlem.
Apr 26, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Allyson Hobbs
A History of 19th-Century Britain Without the People A History of 19th-Century Britain Without the People
David Cannadine’s Victorious Century focuses on high politics to the exclusion of nearly everything else.
Apr 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
The Lamentations of Mount Eerie and David Byrne The Lamentations of Mount Eerie and David Byrne
Mount Eerie’s Now Only and David Byrne’s American Utopia both try to find meaning in a world of loss and death.
Apr 24, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen