Roberto Lovato’s Journalism of the Soul Roberto Lovato’s Journalism of the Soul
In his memoir Unforgetting, he shows how reportage that is rooted in personal biography and inner turmoil can unveil a more powerful kind of truth.
Dec 7, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Paoletta
Olivia Laing’s Banal Avant-Garde Olivia Laing’s Banal Avant-Garde
In a recent essay collection, Funny Weather, the British writer reveals the limits of her critical method.
Dec 3, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Dilara O’Neil
Susan Taubes’s ‘Divorcing’ Asks: How Far Can the Novel Take You? Susan Taubes’s ‘Divorcing’ Asks: How Far Can the Novel Take You?
The sole book she released during her life was a work of ahead of its time in terms of style, irreverence, and experimentation.
Dec 2, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Schaffer-Goddard
John Wilson’s Magically Poignant Urban Histories John Wilson’s Magically Poignant Urban Histories
His documentary series for HBO is a head-spinning interrogation of the chaos of New York City life.
Dec 1, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi
Pronoun Study Pronoun Study
They paid them to cut their olive trees down. You paid them to cut their olive trees down. We paid them to cut their olive trees down. They paid you to cut your olive trees down. W…
Dec 1, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Ari Banias
Rhyme Rhyme
Body, teach my mind to age. Rage has taught me nothing. Pain has taught me only to rage at pain. Blame has taught me nothing. But I still blame. Here lies one taken in their prime.
Dec 1, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Mario Chard
The Long Roots of Endless War The Long Roots of Endless War
A new history shows how the glut of US military bases abroad has led to a constant state of military conflict.
Nov 30, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Immerwahr
How Monopolies Have Taken Over Our Everyday Lives How Monopolies Have Taken Over Our Everyday Lives
Once you put on your “monopoly decoder ring,” David Dayen writes in his new book, you start to see how monopolies influence almost every part of American society.
Nov 30, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Bryce Covert
Bryan Washington on Fiction ‘Outside the Bounds of Trauma’ Bryan Washington on Fiction ‘Outside the Bounds of Trauma’
A conversation about writing emphatically about marginalized communities, Houston’s diversity of cuisines and peoples, Japanese literature, and more.
Nov 25, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rosemarie Ho
Diane Cook’s Morality Tales for Our Climate Future Diane Cook’s Morality Tales for Our Climate Future
Her debut novel, The New Wilderness, examines the dynamics between parent and child in a world beset by the bleakest of environmental scenarios.
Nov 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Zack Graham