Questlove’s Personal History of Hip-Hop Questlove’s Personal History of Hip-Hop
An elegiac retelling of rap's origins, Hip-Hop Is History also ends with a sense of hope.
Aug 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen
Danzy Senna’s Acerbic Satires of Art and Money Danzy Senna’s Acerbic Satires of Art and Money
Having gnawed away at literary and political conventions from within their hallowed forms, Senna has now set her eyes on Hollywood.
Aug 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Lovia Gyarkye
The Intractable Puzzle of Growth The Intractable Puzzle of Growth
For more than a century, the key measure of a healthy economy has been its capacity to grow and yet if production and consumption continues to expand at their current rate we migh...
Aug 26, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel
The “Cascade of Errors” That Led to America’s War on Terror The “Cascade of Errors” That Led to America’s War on Terror
Steve Coll’s new book looks at the hubris and delusions of American foreign-policy makers and counterparts in the Middle East that led to a war that still haunts the globe.
Aug 22, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Lyle Jeremy Rubin
Guy Davenport—the Last High Modernist Guy Davenport—the Last High Modernist
In the essays collected in Geography of the Imagination, one can glimpse the inner workings of the mind of a 20th-century literary genius.
Aug 21, 2024 / Books & the Arts / David Schurman Wallace
Percival Everett’s Great American Novel Percival Everett’s Great American Novel
In his new novel James, Everett reminds us of the thorny absurdity that is U.S. history.
Aug 19, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Omari Weekes
A Paean to Nonhuman Life A Paean to Nonhuman Life
In Lydia Millet’s We Loved It All, she compels readers to decenter human experience in the stories we tell about the natural world.
Aug 14, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Julia Case-Levine
Althea Gibson Let the Racquet Do the Talking Althea Gibson Let the Racquet Do the Talking
A recent biography of the complicated tennis legend underlines the sport’s persistent challenges with race, class, and celebrity.
Aug 13, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
What Is Policing For? What Is Policing For?
Sociologist Michael Sierra-Arévalo’s recent book explains how an obsession with violence has defined the police’s purpose and worldview.
Aug 12, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Michael Friedrich