The Genius of Garth Greenwell The Genius of Garth Greenwell
Set abroad or at home, in unfamiliar worlds an ocean away or in an intensive care unit in Iowa, Greenwell's novels are songs of the self and of the United States as a whole.
Aug 28, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold
Natasha Trethewey’s Life in Poetry and Prose Natasha Trethewey’s Life in Poetry and Prose
A work of biography, an essay on literature and memory and the South, a prose poem full of lyrical dexterity, Trethewey's latest book is like all of her others: a master study of ...
Aug 28, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme
Black Women Are the Past, Present, and Future of the Democratic Party Black Women Are the Past, Present, and Future of the Democratic Party
This moment in history is almost too complex to be appreciated.
Aug 27, 2024 / Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Jennifer Taylor-Skinner
The Death Toll in Gaza Reaches Over 40,000 The Death Toll in Gaza Reaches Over 40,000
Israel’s war on Gaza has resulted in over 40,000 deaths, including nearly 16,500 children, with more than 94,743 people injured, over 10,000 people missing, and millions displaced....
Aug 27, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
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
The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality
A series of new books unearth the long history of egalitarian politics. They also ask whether equality, instead of another political ideal, should be at the center of our politics...
Aug 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
The Mass Movement That Never Came The Mass Movement That Never Came
Four years after the “Summer of George Floyd,” the political climate has cooled.
Aug 27, 2024 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.
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
In “We’re Not Going Back!” Dems Find an Antidote to the Politics of Nostalgia In “We’re Not Going Back!” Dems Find an Antidote to the Politics of Nostalgia
Underneath the cliché that “we’re all in this together” lie harder truths that will need to be faced if Harris and Walz want to rally the nation for real change.
Aug 27, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan
The US Media, Israel, and Palestinian Journalists The US Media, Israel, and Palestinian Journalists
On this episode of American Prestige, Séamus Malekafzali on media and the Middle East.
Aug 27, 2024 / Podcast / Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner