That It Might Save, or Drown Them That It Might Save, or Drown Them
I have seen how the earth erodes differently from the way that trust does. Likewise, I know what it means, to come to love all over again the very mistakes I also know, looking bac…
Feb 2, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Carl Phillips
Blue Wash on Linen Canvas, Believed Unfinished Blue Wash on Linen Canvas, Believed Unfinished
And he woke again like a thief undetected, invisible therefore, and therefore free. The bronze horse’s hoof stood raised for apparently ever about to trample beneath it the cross o…
Feb 2, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Carl Phillips
Adam Thirlwell on the Many Moods of Henry Green Adam Thirlwell on the Many Moods of Henry Green
For the English novelist, life itself was a deadly business.
Feb 2, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Adam Thirlwell
Who Will Fund Investigative Reporting in the Age of Trump? Who Will Fund Investigative Reporting in the Age of Trump?
Anya Schiffrin reviews a new book on the history and economics of investigative journalism.
Feb 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Anya Schiffrin
Silver Spoon Ode Silver Spoon Ode
I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, and a silver knife, and a silver fork. I would complain about it—the spoon was not greasy, it tasted like braces, my shining access to c…
Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sharon Olds
Letting My Hair Down Letting My Hair Down
And then my wry neck got so wry— chicken-neck wring-wry—I had to spend time with my hair down, like roots into the ground of the air, my visible shock, my “terror,” my “horror.” Ho…
Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sharon Olds
Plenty’s Discontent Plenty’s Discontent
The lost sense of hope and idealism in David Hare’s England.
Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Kerry James Marshall’s Enigmatic Authority Kerry James Marshall’s Enigmatic Authority
It seems a mistake to call him a realist in any but the loosest sense.
Jan 18, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
A Victory Lap for Run the Jewels A Victory Lap for Run the Jewels
With the Trump presidency on the horizon, Killer Mike and El-P do what’s become customary for them: They urge us to get up and fight.
Jan 17, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore
It’s the World Committing Suicide Said One Mom It’s the World Committing Suicide Said One Mom
No it’s murder, said another. I think people don’t care because it’s only animals dying, said Miriam. a life spent making marks was what she had been doing she wondered if this…
Jan 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Zucker