Arts and Entertainment

The Love Poems of Virginia

The Love Poems of Virginia The Love Poems of Virginia

Now the love poems that aren’t about being devoured Are about being executed. One can see the naturalness Of the line, how it extends, how it was thought Into the holes of the futu…

Aug 11, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Scott Challener

Portraits of a Pandemic

Portraits of a Pandemic Portraits of a Pandemic

Drawing the nation.

Aug 7, 2020 / Steve Brodner

Arca’s Rebellion Against Music and Life

Arca’s Rebellion Against Music and Life Arca’s Rebellion Against Music and Life

How the experimental artist made one of the year’s most defiant pop records. 

Aug 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez

What Truths Can You Divine From Instagram Paintings?

What Truths Can You Divine From Instagram Paintings? What Truths Can You Divine From Instagram Paintings?

How the act of scrutinizing art online has changed the role of the critic. 

Aug 4, 2020 / Barry Schwabsky

Little Pharma on Rooms

Little Pharma on Rooms Little Pharma on Rooms

She thinks in a smaller hospital She would remember each face With some embarrassment She can remember all the rooms 1421 From whose eaves pigeons tumble Its permanent winter of sh…

Jul 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Laura Kolbe

For My Wife, Who Is Writing a Collection of Stories Called ‘Homescar’

For My Wife, Who Is Writing a Collection of Stories Called ‘Homescar’ For My Wife, Who Is Writing a Collection of Stories Called ‘Homescar’

Rocks are notched with sea limpets, and the pockets limpets leave once they’ve sealed into the rock and know themselves most inside it, shell swelling, softening the stone. You can…

Jul 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Nomi Stone

The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’

The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’ The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’

The television adaptation of the Sally Rooney novel depicts how people can fall in love in a world structured by power.

Jul 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing

How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing

Rosemary Mayer’s journal from 1971 illuminates not just her work but also how a creative person makes sense of a life.

Jul 23, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Thea Ballard

Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’

Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’ Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’

Flitting between the intimate and the impersonal, the poet’s photographic project Memory is a hallmark of American conceptualism.

Jul 22, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Tausif Noor

A person playing call of duty with a headset on

The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens

Gamers with the Army, Navy, and Air Force are spending hours on Twitch with children as young as 13.

Jul 15, 2020 / Jordan Uhl

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