Acropolis for Sale Acropolis for Sale
Art, anxiety, and the Greek crisis.
Aug 13, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
White Elephants White Elephants
As governments have changed in Egypt, the commitment to corrupt grand development projects has stayed the same.
Aug 13, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel
House of the Dispossessed House of the Dispossessed
Angela Flournoy's The Turner House is a story of the living and the lost.
Aug 13, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold
The Virtues of Difficult Fiction The Virtues of Difficult Fiction
If novels aren’t worthy challenges, we have no reason to linger in their pages.
Jul 30, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scott
at the estuary at the estuary
sandlings dig bait, tailgate the first ripple of a returning tide a mercury whisper of tipped-in light rushed in, in front of itself; swirls of wrung-out rags, scrow clouds scuffed…
Jul 30, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Tom Pickard
Elements of Style Elements of Style
The legendary Balanchine dancer Violette Verdy embodies the alchemy that turns music into meaning.
Jul 30, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
Chucky Taylor, Liberia’s Other Monster Chucky Taylor, Liberia’s Other Monster
The fate of Liberia was ensnared by uniquely American pathologies.
Jul 30, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Leaf
Paul Beatty’s Savage Satire Paul Beatty’s Savage Satire
The Sellout takes aim at black middle-class foibles and fantasies.
Jul 30, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Jesse McCarthy
The Most Eccentric New Yorkers and the Writer Who Loved Them The Most Eccentric New Yorkers and the Writer Who Loved Them
Joseph Mitchell and his subjects were “all freaks together.”
Jul 16, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Robert S. Boynton
Trans Sex Workers Seek Comfort and Vengeance in Sean Baker’s ‘Tangerine’ Trans Sex Workers Seek Comfort and Vengeance in Sean Baker’s ‘Tangerine’
Sin-Dee and Alexandra find little solace on the LA streets except in each other.
Jul 16, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans