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A Champion’s Evolution

A Champion’s Evolution A Champion’s Evolution

Legendary tennis star Serena Williams moves on.

Sep 7, 2022 / OppArt / Kim DeMarco

Is the Avant-Garde Still Avant-Garde?

Is the Avant-Garde Still Avant-Garde? Is the Avant-Garde Still Avant-Garde?

Today’s radical art movements can always congeal into tomorrow’s orthodoxy.

Sep 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini

“The Nation” and the National Writers Union Reach an Agreement

“The Nation” and the National Writers Union Reach an Agreement “The Nation” and the National Writers Union Reach an Agreement

It will protect freelancers’ rights and set rates and conditions.

Sep 6, 2022 / Abigail Higgins

Jordan Peele’s Extraterrestrial Americana

Jordan Peele’s Extraterrestrial Americana Jordan Peele’s Extraterrestrial Americana

Telling a tale of cowboys, aliens, and Hollywood, the director's third feature film, Nope, is his most successful cinematic spectacle to date.

Sep 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse

Nation Poetry

[Take immortality, God, but give] [Take immortality, God, but give]

Take immortality, God, but give me this cold apple cellar. Take the souls and other toys, but let us live: not-Adam and not-Eve not your son’s— my son’s life. Wet hole in a cellar…

Sep 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Dmitry Blizniuk

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Letters From the September 19/26, 2022, Issue Letters From the September 19/26, 2022, Issue

Studying ecology... Pipelines to plowshares... Graphic depictions...

Sep 6, 2022 / Our Readers

Nation Poetry

Good Good

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Sep 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ayesha Raees

Harlem Beauty

Harlem Beauty Harlem Beauty

Celebration on the streets.

Aug 31, 2022 / OppArt / Daniel Bonilla

The Secret Powers of William Klein

The Secret Powers of William Klein The Secret Powers of William Klein

Using the street as his studio, he did more than just freeze a time and place in one frame. His photographs captured the world in motion.

Aug 31, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Searching for Local Identity in “The Bear” and “Chicago Party Aunt”

Searching for Local Identity in “The Bear” and “Chicago Party Aunt” Searching for Local Identity in “The Bear” and “Chicago Party Aunt”

The FX drama and Netflix animation both attempt to embody the city of Chicago. That’s an increasingly difficult task when the city itself is a jumbled simulacrum of its own past.

Aug 25, 2022 / Ryan Zickgraf

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