Annie Ernaux’s Memoirs Ask a Radical Question Annie Ernaux’s Memoirs Ask a Radical Question
How can one life be used to remember the collective pain of a generation’s political and cultural upheaval?
Nov 19, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Audrey Wollen
The Horrors of Charlie Kaufman The Horrors of Charlie Kaufman
His latest existential love story, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, reveals the limits of his work.
Nov 18, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
everybody dies everybody dies
Almost every man I know talks too goddamn much. All my favorite poets are women & gods. What I really miss is the pavement at midnight, my elongated shadow. There are mornings…
Nov 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Justin Rovillos Monson
In the Event of My Death In the Event of My Death
What used to be a rope descending my vertebrae to the basement of my spine grows thin. In solidarity with my chemotherapy, our cat leaves her whiskers on the hardwood floor, and I…
Nov 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Katie Farris
The Radical Origins of Self-Help Literature The Radical Origins of Self-Help Literature
How did the genre of self-help go from one focused on collective empowerment to one serving the class hierarchy as it stands?
Nov 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson
The Long and Terrifying History of the Blood Libel The Long and Terrifying History of the Blood Libel
A new history by Magda Teter tracks the spread of the pernicious myth and the role new technologies and communication tools played in its dissemination.
Nov 16, 2020 / Books & the Arts / David Nirenberg
Living in Borat’s America Living in Borat’s America
The sequel to Sascha Baron Cohen’s mockumentary attempts to again hold a mirror to the crudeness of American life. Does the stunt work a second time?
Nov 13, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Is There a Cure for Burnout? Is There a Cure for Burnout?
Anne Helen Petersen’s Can't Even grapples with the miseries of millennial work.
Nov 12, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Gordon
Abstraction at a Distance Abstraction at a Distance
A return to the galleries after New York City’s shutdown.
Nov 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Limits of the Viral Book Review The Limits of the Viral Book Review
Why are literary critics fixating on one quality nowadays?
Nov 10, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Larissa Pham