Books and Ideas

Kamloops Indian School

Kamloops Indian School Kamloops Indian School

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Jun 15, 2021 / OppArt / Lalo Alcaraz

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Star Wars: The Phantom Manchin Star Wars: The Phantom Manchin

A short while ago in a galaxy very nearby.

Jun 15, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

Joan Didion’s Long View

Joan Didion’s Long View Joan Didion’s Long View

Her new essay collection, Let Me Tell You What I Mean, captures what about her writing feels at once seductive and illusory.

Jun 15, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Haley Mlotek

Rep. Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy Changes His Tune Re Trump and January 6 Kevin McCarthy Changes His Tune Re Trump and January 6

The speakership would be for Kevin His version of a place in heaven. He seems to think to reach that level A pact’s required with the Devil.

Jun 15, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Remembering the Pulse Massacre

Remembering the Pulse Massacre Remembering the Pulse Massacre

On June 12, 2016, a gunman killed 49 and wounded 53 people, during “Latin Night” at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fl.

Jun 14, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Raoul Peck’s World

Raoul Peck’s World Raoul Peck’s World

In Exterminate All the Brutes, Peck offers a bold new history of colonialism and violence.

Jun 14, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Ed Morales

Nation Poetry

Boxes of Ashes Boxes of Ashes

México lindo y querido, si muero lejos de tí, que digan que estoy dormido y que me traigan aquí. —Chucho…

Jun 10, 2021 / Poems / Rigoberto González

Aretha Fanklin

The Unwritten History of Black Performance The Unwritten History of Black Performance

Poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib’s new book undertakes an ambitious task: contextualizing the scope and scale of a people’s cultural expression.

Jun 10, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kelton Ellis

Francis Bacon

Behind the Hedonist Persona of Francis Bacon Behind the Hedonist Persona of Francis Bacon

Annalyn Swan and Mark Stevens’s comprehensive study of the British artist is a sensitive investigation into his artistic identity.

Jun 9, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Tausif Noor

Nation Poetry

Observations from the conqueror’s diary Observations from the conqueror’s diary

When the British invaded Tibet in 1904, the Tibetan rulers fled, and waited from a distance for the river to turn blue. It is not clear what they did with their time. The victors w…

Jun 8, 2021 / Poems / Tsering Wangmo Dhompa

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