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Jhumpa Lahiri’s Quietly Bracing New Novel

Jhumpa Lahiri’s Quietly Bracing New Novel Jhumpa Lahiri’s Quietly Bracing New Novel

How writing in Italian gave Lahiri a new sense of creative freedom.

May 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

Graham Greene’s God

Graham Greene’s God Graham Greene’s God

As a new biography shows, the British novelist was always haunted by, and uncertain about, his own faith.

May 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / John Banville

Nation Poetry

The Broken Bell The Broken Bell

I like, winter nights, to find in a heat lamp That beats and fumes, old memories Rising in the banging Of church bells through snow spray. Blessed be the bell of liberty That, anci…

May 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Daisy Fried

Nation Poetry

Heaven Heaven

Apricots woolly by the hospital bed, a meal of light. The light falls on my mother’s hands. So much sunlight falls and does not get up but its hands pick up the dark and go on. Thi…

May 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Hua Xi

Can Capitalism Be Fixed?

Can Capitalism Be Fixed? Can Capitalism Be Fixed?

In his new book, Branko Milanovic charts what has gone wrong with contemporary capitalism while also insisting we must reconcile ourselves to its contradictions.

May 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni

Cyber warfare operators

The Cyber Cold War Is Here The Cyber Cold War Is Here

The US government has refused to engage the rest of the world in regulating hostile cyber activities as it continues to launch offensive cyber operations abroad.

May 3, 2021 / John Feffer

Black Women Matters

Black Women Matter Black Women Matter

Police violence against Black women needs to be stopped now.

May 3, 2021 / OppArt / Isis Davis-Marks

Pablo Iglesias Spain

The Center Cannot Hold in Spain, but Can the Left Take Advantage? The Center Cannot Hold in Spain, but Can the Left Take Advantage?

Madrid voters will cast their ballots on May 4, and the regional election could shape the future of Spanish politics.

May 3, 2021 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

The Father of Environmental Justice Isn’t Done Yet

The Father of Environmental Justice Isn’t Done Yet The Father of Environmental Justice Isn’t Done Yet

Robert Bullard has been fighting a sometimes lonely battle since the 1970s. For his many heirs, the struggle has just begun.

May 3, 2021 / Feature / Amal Ahmed

Yi Sang’s Global Poetry

Yi Sang’s Global Poetry Yi Sang’s Global Poetry

Through his synthetic and surrealist style, the Korean poet helped chart an alternate path of internationalism in an age of empire.

May 3, 2021 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim

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