Stephen Crane’s Lifetime of Mystery Stephen Crane’s Lifetime of Mystery
His visceral fiction and journalism might be best understood as a literature of pure immediacy.
Mar 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Paul Franz
What Is Fueling Our Century’s Global “Disorder”? What Is Fueling Our Century’s Global “Disorder”?
A conversation with historian Helen Thompson about the changes in energy consumption and monetary policy that set the table for today’s geopolitical instability.
Feb 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
The Enigma of Roberto Bolaño The Enigma of Roberto Bolaño
David Kurnick’s new book reappraises the Chilean writer, clarifying the preconceptions and myths that haunted his earliest work.
Feb 24, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer
Claudio Lomnitz and the Vertigo of Translation Claudio Lomnitz and the Vertigo of Translation
In his generations-spanning new book, the anthropologist tracks the story of Jewish life in Latin America through the travails of one family.
Feb 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans
See the Tail That Wags the Dog See the Tail That Wags the Dog
See the tail that wags the dog. Language is speaking the man. Look, the shovel is making a hole in the grave digger! Brushes paint artists into the walls! The hip is wagging the da…
Feb 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ludmila Khersonsky
Hannah Is Never Only Hannah Hannah Is Never Only Hannah
Please get that I am the trying breeze going through the really great great great world yes yes. Please get that I am the drowning helpful freedom of the storm yes yes. Please get…
Feb 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Emerson
The Infinite Possibilities of “Macbeth” The Infinite Possibilities of “Macbeth”
Sparse and beautiful, Joel Coen’s Shakespeare adaptation focuses on why we continue to return to this story of power and downfall.
Feb 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
China Between Communism and Capitalism China Between Communism and Capitalism
The history of the country’s relationship with the market is filled with conflicting narratives.
Feb 21, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Andrew B. Liu
Mitski’s Ghost Stories Mitski’s Ghost Stories
The singer-songwriter’s new album, Laurel Hell, explores the terror of fame.
Feb 17, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Samantha Schuyler
What Inspired “Crime and Punishment”? What Inspired “Crime and Punishment”?
A new book links Dostoevsky’s fictional masterpiece to the story of an infamous French spree killer. But was this the central inspiration for his book?
Feb 16, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jake Bittle