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A Different Kind of Trans Book: On Imogen Binnie’s “Nevada” A Different Kind of Trans Book: On Imogen Binnie’s “Nevada”

A classic of new trans lit, this novel wasn’t written to appease a non-trans readership. 

Jul 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / McKenzie Wark

Nation Poetry

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Jul 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Leila Chatti

“The Kids in the Hall” Stands the Test of Time

“The Kids in the Hall” Stands the Test of Time “The Kids in the Hall” Stands the Test of Time

In a recent reboot, the comedy troupe’s work remains as trenchant as ever.

Jul 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi

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Miguel Ángel Asturias’s Struggle Between Good and Evil Miguel Ángel Asturias’s Struggle Between Good and Evil

His novel Mr. President is a masterwork of political fiction and a prime example of linguistic beauty in the Latin American tradition. 

Jul 5, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Mario Vargas Llosa

The Tricky Politics of Ecological Restoration

The Tricky Politics of Ecological Restoration The Tricky Politics of Ecological Restoration

A conversation with Laura J. Martin about the Cold War origins of environmental management and her book Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration. 

Jul 4, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Naomi Elias

Elif Batuman Answers Our Burning Questions About the State of the Novel

Elif Batuman Answers Our Burning Questions About the State of the Novel Elif Batuman Answers Our Burning Questions About the State of the Novel

A conversation about her new book Either/Or, the limits of aesthetic life, and much more. 

Jul 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Najwa Jamal

The Brutal Verisimilitude of “The Northman”

The Brutal Verisimilitude of “The Northman” The Brutal Verisimilitude of “The Northman”

Robert Eggers’s latest work, a Viking epic, pushes his obsessive and detail-oriented filmmaking to its limit. 

Jun 30, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

Toe to Toe With “Moby-Dick”

Toe to Toe With “Moby-Dick” Toe to Toe With “Moby-Dick”

Pierre Senges’s avant-garde retelling of Melville's great work asks us what the limits of the novel are. 

Jun 29, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ryan Ruby

Nation Poetry

The Light The Light

Isn’t it the work of those of us who work to make new tools with the tools we are given, hammering matter into matter more adapted to the hand than to the memory of a hand, less to…

Jun 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Donnelly

Nation Poetry

Nocturne Nocturne

When at a loss for words—during, perhaps, a time of want or desire, when one’s body is overwhelmed by light, as if by the effect of Ketamine or MDMA, when overwhelmed by the weigh…

Jun 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kwame Opoku-Duku

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