The Civil War’s Economic Shadow The Civil War’s Economic Shadow
To finance the war, the Union had to turn to the banks, and with lasting consequences.
Nov 2, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Stephanie McCurry
Mama I Am Sorry Mama I Am Sorry
For the stillbirth and the live ones. For my books, degrees, and all the other1 ways I have betrayed you. For unlinking our arms a dozen times the year before2 your surgery, unconv…
Nov 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Cindy Juyoung Ok
First Foray Into Apophatic Theology First Foray Into Apophatic Theology
and then God is not like the sound the kindling makes as it meets the matchhead, not like the buoy in the bay invisible at night, not like the gravity calling to the pear on the bo…
Nov 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Olzammn
How the Courts Stack the Odds Against the Innocent How the Courts Stack the Odds Against the Innocent
A new book by Daniel Medwed examines the reasons the wrongfully convicted find it so hard to prove their innocence.
Nov 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jed S. Rakoff
Javier Zamora and the Canon of Undocumented Literature Javier Zamora and the Canon of Undocumented Literature
The poet’s memoir joins a growing body of work chronicling the personal and political odysseys undocumented Americans face.
Oct 31, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jesús A. Rodríguez
How Useful Is Theory In Moments of Crisis? How Useful Is Theory In Moments of Crisis?
A conversation with sociologist Dylan Riley about the state of left politics, defending social theory as a political tool, and his new book Microverses.
Oct 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ishan Desai-Geller
The Shadows of Stanley Cavell The Shadows of Stanley Cavell
A posthumous collection of essays, Here and Now: Sites of Philosophy, reveals both what was insightful and what was profoundly lacking in the project of ordinary language philosoph...
Oct 27, 2022 / Books & the Arts / John-Baptiste Oduor
Schjeldahl’s Art Schjeldahl’s Art
At a time when art criticism was becoming more and more scholastic in tone, Peter Schjeldahl proudly upheld the banner of belletristic criticism.
Oct 26, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Hidden Politics of Smell The Hidden Politics of Smell
In Sensorium, a book by the perfumer Tanaïs, tells a deeply personal story of scent and the role it played in colonial histories.
Oct 25, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Naib Mian
The Enigma of John Donne The Enigma of John Donne
Racy, profane, and spiritual, the Metaphysical poet has remained a mystery to generations of readers.
Oct 24, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Zachary Fine