Books and Ideas

Afropessimism and Its Discontents

Afropessimism and Its Discontents Afropessimism and Its Discontents

A guide for the perplexed, the puzzled, and the politically confused.

Sep 17, 2021 / Feature / Greg Tate

The Climate Apocalypse According to Joy Williams

The Climate Apocalypse According to Joy Williams The Climate Apocalypse According to Joy Williams

With her first novel in 20 years, Harrow, the radical environmentalist envisions an uncompromising politics necessary for defending the natural world.

Sep 16, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Piccarella

August Calendar

August Calendar August Calendar

Recording recent history.

Sep 15, 2021 / OppArt / India Tresselt

Adalbert Stifter’s View of Oberplan

Adalbert Stifter’s Disappearing World Adalbert Stifter’s Disappearing World

His uncanny writing bears witness to the early stages of capitalism offering a glimpse of the natural world before modernity.

Sep 13, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Ratik Asokan

Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks

Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks

The September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States by Al Qaeda resulted in 2,977 fatalities, over 25,000 injuries.

Sep 11, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

The 19th Century’s 9/11

The 19th Century’s 9/11 The 19th Century’s 9/11

Long before the 9/11 of 20 years ago, another episode of violence took place on that day in 1851 and portended our nation’s deepest divide.

Sep 10, 2021 / Marc Steiner

Nation Poetry

The Board Meeting The Board Meeting

There was a meeting. They had an agenda. It was time to talk about loving a man in the supermarket, how that might affect sales of imported candy and levels of light in the produce…

Sep 9, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Heather Christle

Scam the Rich: A Conversation With Novelist Marlowe Granados

Scam the Rich: A Conversation With Novelist Marlowe Granados Scam the Rich: A Conversation With Novelist Marlowe Granados

On her new novel Happy Hour, con artists, and fiction that embraces joy.

Sep 9, 2021 / Q&A / Sophie Kemp

Why America Goes to War

Why America Goes to War Why America Goes to War

Money drives the US military machine.

Sep 9, 2021 / Feature / Andrew Cockburn

What Is Owed

What Is Owed What Is Owed

William Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen’s case for reparations.

Sep 8, 2021 / Books & the Arts / William P. Jones

x