Books & the Arts

CupcakKe’s Undeniable Joy

CupcakKe’s Undeniable Joy CupcakKe’s Undeniable Joy

The exhilarating freedom and daring of Ephorize.

Jan 30, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

Margins and the Mainstream at the New Museum’s ‘Trigger’

Margins and the Mainstream at the New Museum’s ‘Trigger’ Margins and the Mainstream at the New Museum’s ‘Trigger’

As something that confutes the distinction between fact and fiction, gender is fundamentally congruent with art and aesthetics.

Jan 26, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

What Causes Some Cities to Become Sites of Revolution?

What Causes Some Cities to Become Sites of Revolution? What Causes Some Cities to Become Sites of Revolution?

To understand the American and French revolutions, one must look not simply at their origins in the wider world but also at how particular environments could become crucibles of in...

Jan 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell

Feminist Living: Lynne Segal

Feminist Living: Lynne Segal Feminist Living: Lynne Segal

For Segal, politics is not just about liberation but about collective joy.

Jan 24, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Charlotte Shane

HBO High Maintenance The Guy

Weed Shall Overcome Weed Shall Overcome

No other TV series captures daily life in New York City quite like HBO’s High Maintenance.

Jan 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Judy Berman

Paul Kingsnorth’s England

Paul Kingsnorth’s England Paul Kingsnorth’s England

In two new novels and a recent collection of essays, the English environmentalist and activist captures a country coming apart.

Jan 11, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Christopher de Bellaigue

The Precarious Generation

The Precarious Generation The Precarious Generation

It’s not the kids these days that we need to worry about, but the world their parents helped build.

Jan 10, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Jones

It’s a Daisy

It’s a Daisy It’s a Daisy

Bats twin the sky drowsy from billowing home to watch Night Court. I, Nikki, as a contemporary woman: is bound to ask who’s spiraling in the faucet. If you keep no-lye relaxers on…

Dec 28, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Nikki Wallschlaeger

Mary McCarthy’s Unsparing Honesty

Mary McCarthy’s Unsparing Honesty Mary McCarthy’s Unsparing Honesty

For McCarthy, accuracy was more than just a literary aesthetic; it was a moral and political position. 

Dec 28, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty

Arbitrary Rule

Arbitrary Rule Arbitrary Rule

A new work of political theory captures the workplace power dynamics behind sexual harassment.  

Dec 27, 2017 / Books & the Arts / J.C. Pan

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