From ‘outside voices, please’ From ‘outside voices, please’
I grew drunk on the dragonflies’ ultra Three times I asked our misogynistic uncle, the family patriarch, for money for books for the girls to which he then scoffed drunkenly throwi…
Nov 19, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Valerie Hsiung
The Songs of Canceled Men The Songs of Canceled Men
A new book revisits the lives of artists like James Brown, Elvis Presley, and Frank Sinatra and asks how music criticism can reckon with the lives of immoral artists.
Nov 19, 2019 / Joe Bucciero
Mati Diop’s ‘Atlantics’ Is a Startling Study of Power Mati Diop’s ‘Atlantics’ Is a Startling Study of Power
As the contemporary film landscape heralds the coming of a class war, Diop’s beautiful movie reckons with capital and labor in groundbreaking fashion.
Nov 18, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Namwali Serpell
Puzzle No. 3516 Puzzle No. 3516
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Transportation cost is reasonable, we hear (4) 3 Irreverent person mixed maple and herbs (10) 10 Brown wood with t…
Nov 14, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Liz Phair on Everyday ‘Horror Stories’ Liz Phair on Everyday ‘Horror Stories’
The Grammy-nominated musician speaks to The Nation about her new memoir.
Nov 14, 2019 / Dave Zirin
How Should We Remember Imelda Marcos? How Should We Remember Imelda Marcos?
A new documentary looks at how the matriarch of the Philippines’ most infamous political dynasty is rewriting her family’s legacy.
Nov 13, 2019 / Rebecca Liu
‘The Inheritance’ Takes E.M. Forster Out of the Closet ‘The Inheritance’ Takes E.M. Forster Out of the Closet
Bringing Howards End into today’s gay Manhattan, playwright Matthew Lopez shows that “Only Connect” is still a radical message.
Nov 12, 2019 / Feature / Darryl Pinckney
30 Years Ago Eastern Europeans Tore Down Walls. Now They Write Pop Songs to Putin. 30 Years Ago Eastern Europeans Tore Down Walls. Now They Write Pop Songs to Putin.
How crony capitalism and crippling austerity turned democracy into a dirty word.
Nov 8, 2019 / Lev Golinkin
Puzzle No. 3515 Puzzle No. 3515
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 What you might do with a dirty belt clutched by senior adventurer (12) 9 Measure of light feather without first nu…
Nov 7, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Queerness of Bruce Springsteen The Queerness of Bruce Springsteen
The Boss’s songs of self-discovery and longing find an unexpected home with queer people.
Nov 6, 2019 / Naomi Gordon-Loebl