Books & the Arts

The Secret Powers of William Klein

The Secret Powers of William Klein The Secret Powers of William Klein

Using the street as his studio, he did more than just freeze a time and place in one frame. His photographs captured the world in motion.

Aug 31, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Peter Weiss

Peter Weiss and the Riddle of Representation Peter Weiss and the Riddle of Representation

His painterly fictions strive against language’s limitations to accurately describe the world in all its horror and randomness.

Aug 30, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Boyd

In Filipino Politics, What Is Fact and What Is Fiction?

In Filipino Politics, What Is Fact and What Is Fiction? In Filipino Politics, What Is Fact and What Is Fiction?

A novel by Miguel Syjuco, I Was the President’s Mistress!!, deconstructs the spectacle of celebrity, corruption, and polyphony that defines the nation’s political contests.

Aug 29, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Bryony Lau

“El Gran Movimiento” Is a Masterful Portrait of Capitalism at Work

“El Gran Movimiento” Is a Masterful Portrait of Capitalism at Work “El Gran Movimiento” Is a Masterful Portrait of Capitalism at Work

Kiro Russo’s new film takes us to La Paz, following unemployed miners, mystics, and others hoping to find solace in the shadow of a rotten economy.

Aug 25, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Eli Rudavsky

Havana, Cuba.

Can Cuba’s Past Help Us Understand Its Future? Can Cuba’s Past Help Us Understand Its Future?

Ada Ferrer’s Cuba offers a capacious and wide-ranging history of the country’s centuries-old struggle to liberate itself from empire and economic upheaval.

Aug 24, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ed Morales

Nation Poetry

dear little b, dear little b,

I love to see you sat there pregnant with promise & nobody’s business: be bodacious if you feel like it. be camouflaged, if not. some might say you should be louder, bolder, ta…

Aug 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Victoria Adukwei Bulley

What’s Life Like for the Content Moderator?

What’s Life Like for the Content Moderator? What’s Life Like for the Content Moderator?

Hanna Bervoets’s novella We Had to Remove This Post attempts to get inside the mind of one the Internet’s frontline workers.

Aug 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Joanne McNeil

Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan, 1992.

Will Neoliberalism Ever End? Will Neoliberalism Ever End?

A new history shows how neoliberalism took power during a period of crisis, which leaves open the question of whether it can be forced out as a result of one.

Aug 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Steven Hahn

How Eco-Fiction Became Realer Than Realism

How Eco-Fiction Became Realer Than Realism How Eco-Fiction Became Realer Than Realism

Encompassing everything from the ecosystems novel to sci-fi, a growing body of literature is imagining and interrogating the past, present, and future of the planet's climate.

Aug 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lynne Feeley

Nation Poetry

How to Fornicate How to Fornicate

I.After killing your god, hotbox the gun smoke. Cough out any vestigial prayer. Remember that spooky shit Ole Boy hissed mid-smite, bullet-plowed, curling away. It’s true. You bel…

Aug 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kemi Alabi

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