The Disappearing Acts of Haruki Murakami The Disappearing Acts of Haruki Murakami
In his new book, the novelist examines what it takes to become a great writer.
May 1, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Rumaan Alam
Hazel Jane Plante’s Novel of Art, Sex, and Rock and Roll Hazel Jane Plante’s Novel of Art, Sex, and Rock and Roll
Any Other City, a fictionalized memoir of a trans musician, interrogates the conventional narrative possibilities offered to trans writers.
Apr 27, 2023 / Books & the Arts / McKenzie Wark
The Gift of Slam Poetry The Gift of Slam Poetry
A short history of a misunderstood literary genre and the world it created.
Apr 26, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Bennett
The World According to Anna Badkhen The World According to Anna Badkhen
A conversation with the journalist about borders, birthplaces, reporting from conflict zones, and her recent book, Bright Unbearable Reality.
Apr 25, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Lucas Iberico Lozada
What’s Life Like for the Child of a Psychoanalyst? What’s Life Like for the Child of a Psychoanalyst?
Alice Wexler’s The Analyst explores the complicated life of her father, Milton Wexler, whose work courted controversy in the public and within in his family
Apr 24, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Alana Pockros
What “The Last of Us” Could Never Do What “The Last of Us” Could Never Do
The HBO series exposed all the limits of video game adaptations.
Apr 20, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
Ohio Ohio
Who am I to say that the hawk circling above the deck wasn’t really the murdered sister of our host, as she insisted? Who says the dead stay dead, or even human—for all I know our…
Apr 20, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Kim Addonizio
The Ghosts of the British Empire The Ghosts of the British Empire
In his new book Empireland, Sathnam Sanghera examines how the British Empire's pieties and fictions persist to this day.
Apr 18, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Priya Satia
C.L.R. James, Man of Paradox C.L.R. James, Man of Paradox
A new biography examines the revolutionary possibilities and radical contradictions at the heart of James's life and ideas.
Apr 18, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Gerald Horne
Jenny Odell’s Search for a New Kind of Time Jenny Odell’s Search for a New Kind of Time
Can we escape capitalism's persistent and relentless demand that we turning our waking hours into products and profits?
Apr 18, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Jaffe