How Black Women Musicians Defined What We Call Culture How Black Women Musicians Defined What We Call Culture
A conversation with Daphne Brooks about her new book Liner Notes for the Revolution, a “counterhistory of popular music criticism.”
Mar 15, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Nawal Arjini
In the Vicinity of Genius In the Vicinity of Genius
How a friendship with Glenn Gould created an unlikely cultural critic.
Mar 12, 2021 / Jeet Heer
Vivian Gornick in Reverse Vivian Gornick in Reverse
A conversation with the writer about her life and work.
Mar 11, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold
Book of Dolls 46; Book of Dolls 48 Book of Dolls 46; Book of Dolls 48
46 The gods who made me small wer…
Mar 11, 2021 / Poems / Bruce Bond
On Shame and Healing On Shame and Healing
The truths that lie beneath our loneliest year.
Mar 10, 2021 / Rhea Boyd
Harvard’s History of Inscrutable Tenure Denials Harvard’s History of Inscrutable Tenure Denials
Cornel West is only the latest scholar of color the ultra-elite institution has failed to hold on to.
Mar 9, 2021 / StudentNation / Julia Lieblich
The Cat in the Tinfoil Hat The Cat in the Tinfoil Hat
Never take away a 50-year-old baby’s favorite toys.
Mar 9, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow
The Future of Postcolonial Thought The Future of Postcolonial Thought
A pair of books—one by Walter Mignolo and Catherine Walsh, another by Achille Mbembe—consider the unfulfilled promise of decolonization.
Mar 9, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Arjun Appadurai
Letters From the March 22/29, 2021, Issue Letters From the March 22/29, 2021, Issue
Time to choose again… The rule of lawbreakers… Hitchens and faith…
Mar 9, 2021 / Our Readers
Simple Electoral Strategy Simple Electoral Strategy
“Republicans in state legislatures nationwide are mounting extraordinary efforts to change the rules of voting and representation.”–The New York Times Their chances of winnin…
Mar 9, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin