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Jul 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Leila Chatti

“The Kids in the Hall” Stands the Test of Time

“The Kids in the Hall” Stands the Test of Time “The Kids in the Hall” Stands the Test of Time

In a recent reboot, the comedy troupe’s work remains as trenchant as ever.

Jul 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi

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Top 15 4th of July Songs Top 15 4th of July Songs

Not nearly enough Americans are aware that much of what the country considers America’s most patriotic music was created by artists with decidedly left-wing sympathies. 

Jul 4, 2022 / Peter Rothberg

How Paula Rego’s Abortion Pictures Changed the Conversation

How Paula Rego’s Abortion Pictures Changed the Conversation How Paula Rego’s Abortion Pictures Changed the Conversation

When well-meaning critics described her subjects as downtrodden, Rego shot back, “These women are not victims.”

Jul 1, 2022 / Margaret Spillane

The Brutal Verisimilitude of “The Northman”

The Brutal Verisimilitude of “The Northman” The Brutal Verisimilitude of “The Northman”

Robert Eggers’s latest work, a Viking epic, pushes his obsessive and detail-oriented filmmaking to its limit. 

Jun 30, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

Harlem Renaissance!

Harlem Renaissance! Harlem Renaissance!

Mural at 125th Street, NYC.

Jun 29, 2022 / OppArt / Anonymous and Peter Kuper

Nation Poetry

The Light The Light

Isn’t it the work of those of us who work to make new tools with the tools we are given, hammering matter into matter more adapted to the hand than to the memory of a hand, less to…

Jun 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Donnelly

Nation Poetry

Nocturne Nocturne

When at a loss for words—during, perhaps, a time of want or desire, when one’s body is overwhelmed by light, as if by the effect of Ketamine or MDMA, when overwhelmed by the weigh…

Jun 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kwame Opoku-Duku

The Reflections of Kendrick Lamar

The Reflections of Kendrick Lamar The Reflections of Kendrick Lamar

His intimate new album Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers lifts a mirror to his listeners.

Jun 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Bennett

A Staggering Story of Palestinian Exile

A Staggering Story of Palestinian Exile A Staggering Story of Palestinian Exile

Mona Mansour’s The Vagrant Trilogy is the Public Theater’s first full-length, main-stage production to address the aftermath of the Nakba.

Jun 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon

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