Puzzle No. 3387 Puzzle No. 3387
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Awkwardly, I tutor cops to make ham (10) 6 Laugh at radio personality’s sacred journey (4) 9 Legendary sea dwelle…
Jan 21, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Hawks Hawks
Hawks kettling on the thermals high above the Appalachians on their way south—it looks like thought, the mind floating by way of association, veering and floating, circling back to…
Jan 21, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Arnold
David Bowie Set Off My Inner Squeal David Bowie Set Off My Inner Squeal
As I was growing up in 1960s England, Bowie gave me room to find myself.
Jan 14, 2016 / Laura Flanders
David Bowie, the ‘Apolitical’ Insurrectionist Who Taught Us How to Rebel David Bowie, the ‘Apolitical’ Insurrectionist Who Taught Us How to Rebel
With delight and ease, Bowie broke the boundaries of gender and sexuality.
Jan 11, 2016 / John Nichols
Jewy, Queer, Daring, and Political, ‘Transparent’ Pushes Past Parody Jewy, Queer, Daring, and Political, ‘Transparent’ Pushes Past Parody
The second season is even better—more expansive, textured, and emotional—than the first.
Jan 11, 2016 / Alisa Solomon
Visualizing the Four Freedoms: FDR’s Fighting Artist, Arthur Szyk Visualizing the Four Freedoms: FDR’s Fighting Artist, Arthur Szyk
We all know about Norman Rockwell. But it was Szyk who best conveyed the life-or-death urgency of the struggle against fascism.
Jan 8, 2016 / Allison Claire Chang
Puzzle No. 3386 Puzzle No. 3386
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 What’s heard from both sides of America: Deconstruct Shaw, including the start of Candida (5) 4 Effervescent cast…
Jan 7, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Werner Herzog’s Maniacal Quests Werner Herzog’s Maniacal Quests
A newly published travel journal shows how walking, like filmmaking, brings us to the naked core of existence.
Jan 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Noah Isenberg
Hodgepodge, Mismatch, and Wild Disproportion Hodgepodge, Mismatch, and Wild Disproportion
Dueling satirical films about white-supremacist America, and how not to be an imbecile when criticizing Star Wars.
Jan 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
‘Gifts of Thought to Europe From an Intimate Stranger’ ‘Gifts of Thought to Europe From an Intimate Stranger’
A brilliant exhibit in London uses archival fragments to tell a story of violence and creation.
Jan 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Yasmine Seale