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TV’s Dystopia Boom TV’s Dystopia Boom

The nightmarish future ain’t what it used to be.

Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Evan Kindley

You’ve Been on Earth So Long Already

You’ve Been on Earth So Long Already You’ve Been on Earth So Long Already

All my life all I’ve wanted was to be myself and someone else. Not theirs but them. My shame about this greed made me hesitant with other children. I wanted what they wanted, but a…

Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Metzger

America Will Be

America Will Be America Will Be

after Langston Hughes I am now at the age where my father calls me brother when we say goodbye. Take care of yourself, brother, he whispers a half beat before we hang up the phone,…

Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Bennett

Puzzle No. 3455

Puzzle No. 3455 Puzzle No. 3455

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Bishop likely is married in sacred ritual (7)  5 Psychologist gives name to crappy performing ensemble (3,4)  9 Thr…

Feb 1, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

CupcakKe’s Undeniable Joy

CupcakKe’s Undeniable Joy CupcakKe’s Undeniable Joy

The exhilarating freedom and daring of Ephorize.

Jan 30, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

Residente

Residente dice que Estados Unidos le debe a Puerto Rico, no al revés Residente dice que Estados Unidos le debe a Puerto Rico, no al revés

El rapero puertorriqueño habla con The Nation sobre el colonialismo, Bernie Sanders, y el camino a la recuperación despues que el huracán Maria.

Jan 29, 2018 / Miguel Salazar

Residente

Residente Says the United States Owes Puerto Rico, Not the Other Way Around Residente Says the United States Owes Puerto Rico, Not the Other Way Around

The Puerto Rican rapper talks to The Nation about colonialism, Bernie Sanders, and the path to recovery after Hurricane Maria.

Jan 29, 2018 / Miguel Salazar

Margins and the Mainstream at the New Museum’s ‘Trigger’

Margins and the Mainstream at the New Museum’s ‘Trigger’ Margins and the Mainstream at the New Museum’s ‘Trigger’

As something that confutes the distinction between fact and fiction, gender is fundamentally congruent with art and aesthetics.

Jan 26, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Puzzle No. 3454

Puzzle No. 3454 Puzzle No. 3454

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Lewis’s bun (7)  5 Quite a lot of boxes (7)  9 007’s beginning to wear right shirt to rest for the night (5) 10 Sta…

Jan 25, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

HBO High Maintenance The Guy

Weed Shall Overcome Weed Shall Overcome

No other TV series captures daily life in New York City quite like HBO’s High Maintenance.

Jan 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Judy Berman

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