Benedikt Erlingsson’s Fabulist Tale of Eco-Justice Benedikt Erlingsson’s Fabulist Tale of Eco-Justice
Hilarious and urgent, Woman at War tells the story of one warrior’s quest to fight the forces warming our planet.
Mar 20, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
Jack Whitten’s Journals Are a Future Classic of Art Writing Jack Whitten’s Journals Are a Future Classic of Art Writing
Notes From the Woodshed, a recent collection of Jack Whitten’s journal entries and writings, give an invaluable peek into the artistic process.
Mar 19, 2019 / Barry Schwabsky
Jeremy Denk Explains the History of Western Classical Music (Yes, All of It!) Jeremy Denk Explains the History of Western Classical Music (Yes, All of It!)
The pianist’s new album, c. 1300–c. 2000, gives a listener a lesson in seven centuries of composition, from Monteverdi to Stockhausen and beyond.
Mar 15, 2019 / David Hajdu
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