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
Kamasi Washington’s Love Letter Kamasi Washington’s Love Letter
Heaven and Earth is a bold step in Washington’s attempt to make music that explores deeper states of consciousness.
Jun 22, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore
What Will the State Look Like in an Era of Ecological Disaster? What Will the State Look Like in an Era of Ecological Disaster?
Hobbes for an age of accelerated climate change.
Jun 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni
How Did Vietnam Transform White Supremacy? How Did Vietnam Transform White Supremacy?
Kathleen Belew’s sobering new history tracks the hidden relationship between the war and a resurgence in racial violence.
Jun 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Blanchfield
James Baldwin, Robert Penn Warren, and the Politics of Southern Multiculturalism James Baldwin, Robert Penn Warren, and the Politics of Southern Multiculturalism
The search for cultural diversity and social equality.
Jun 7, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
The Long Road to ‘Citizens United’ The Long Road to ‘Citizens United’
Adam Winkler's new history argues that the problem with Citizens United is its inability to see the distorting effects of concentrated wealth.
Jun 6, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David Cole