Can the Constitution Save Us? Can the Constitution Save Us?
The Constitution is often invoked as a safeguard for American democracy, but does it more often get in democracy’s way?
Jul 2, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jedediah Britton-Purdy
Taylor Swift, Poet Taylor Swift, Poet
Country singer, globetrotting pop star, and now melancholic poet—Taylor Swift has offered her listeners almost everything.
Jul 1, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Stephanie Burt
The Man Hồ Chí Minh Once Was The Man Hồ Chí Minh Once Was
Joseph Andras's novel on the Vietnamese revolutionary's salad days in Paris imagines how a young radical became an icon.
Jun 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Terry Nguyễn
Down in the Dirt With Elfriede Jelinek Down in the Dirt With Elfriede Jelinek
A long awaited English translation of her shocking magnum opus, The Children of the Dead, asks its readers to look at the violent history buried just beneath their feet.
Jun 26, 2024 / Books & the Arts / John Semley
A Fantasy of Post-Generational Politics A Fantasy of Post-Generational Politics
A recent book argues that reordering the stages of work and life—including retirement—could eradicate conflicts between generations, while ignoring the real issues that divide us....
Jun 25, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Julian Epp
Time, Space, and Annie Baker Time, Space, and Annie Baker
The playwright's remarkable debut film, Janet Planet, immerses the viewer in the sounds and sorrow of a middle-schooler's endless summer.
Jun 24, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Nora Caplan-Bricker
Christopher Bollen’s Cairo Thriller Christopher Bollen’s Cairo Thriller
The Lost Americans captures the atmosphere of paranoia and surveillance in the years since 2013.
Jun 20, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Hussein Omar
Who Really Suffers When the Supply Chain Is in Crisis? Who Really Suffers When the Supply Chain Is in Crisis?
Peter S. Goodman’s recent book on the pandemic’s effect on global rhythms of supply and demand tries to answer why “the world ran out of everything.”
Jun 18, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Brett Christophers
Diane Oliver’s Fiction From Both Sides of the Color Line Diane Oliver’s Fiction From Both Sides of the Color Line
Neighbors and Other Stories, a posthumously released collection, looks at all the uncertainty and promise of coming of age during and after the civil rights era.
Jun 17, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kelton Ellis
The Inhuman Gaze of “Evil Does Not Exist” The Inhuman Gaze of “Evil Does Not Exist”
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s new film, an eco-thriller set in a sylvan Japanese town, explores the messy entanglements of human, machine, and nature that make up planetary existence.
Jun 13, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Phoebe Chen