Solange Searches for Epiphany Solange Searches for Epiphany
Her fourth album, When I Get Home, is a love letter to her hometown of Houston and to her fans, who find solace in her vision of uplift.
Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore
The Parachutist The Parachutist
I was smoking a cigarette in the backyard after a long day at work, when a man in a parachute fell from the sky, right into the lilac bushes. I tossed the cigarette and ran up to h…
Mar 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jose Hernandez Diaz
Puzzle No. 3492 Puzzle No. 3492
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Fixed place of exile, with blanket resistance I repelled (11) 7, 27D, 28, and 1D Academic in England or Massachuse…
Mar 14, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
What’s the Value of an Athlete’s Labor? What’s the Value of an Athlete’s Labor?
Steven Soderbergh’s imaginative new film, High Flying Bird, teases out alternative ideas of work, ownership, and agency, in sports and beyond.
Mar 11, 2019 / Stephen Kearse
The Second Baby Explains the Unthinkable The Second Baby Explains the Unthinkable
You feared that you would love my brother more. But terribly, you would love each new child as you love me, as you love him, with proprioceptive selfishness; you could grow a new c…
Mar 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Trousdale
Puzzle No. 3491 Puzzle No. 3491
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 19th-century novelist spewing hot air galore (7,5) 9 Shift imprecise red states’ boundaries (5) 10 Bill and I empt…
Mar 7, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Strange News From Another Star… Strange News From Another Star…
What life on another planet can teach us about our own.
Mar 5, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Mariah Parker Invites You to Be Your Complete, Weird, Messy Self Mariah Parker Invites You to Be Your Complete, Weird, Messy Self
The 27-year-old Athens, Georgia, county commissioner leans into her humanity as she fights for social justice.
Mar 1, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman
‘Documentary Now!’ Finds Truth in Spoof ‘Documentary Now!’ Finds Truth in Spoof
Bill Hader and Fred Armisen’s IFC show inspires awe for the third season.
Feb 27, 2019 / Pilot Viruet
Hollywood Is Still a Sundown Town for Black Representation Hollywood Is Still a Sundown Town for Black Representation
Yoruba Richen’s Green Book documentary captures the history and humanity missing from the Oscar-winning movie.
Feb 26, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman