Who Is In Charge in the Biden White House? Who Is In Charge in the Biden White House?
In The Last Politician, Franklin Foer offers a portrait of an administration at odds with itself.
Mar 11, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Osita Nwanevu
What’s Missing From “Dune: Part Two” What’s Missing From “Dune: Part Two”
While Frank Herbert’s original series was about the dangers of messianism, Denis Villeneuve’s rendition wields ambivalence like a secret weapon in its effort to avoid the tough qu...
Mar 8, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte
Lyn Hejinian’s Counterlife Lyn Hejinian’s Counterlife
The pioneering poet expanded the possibilities of both poetry and autobiographical writing.
Mar 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Ryan Ruby
The Enchanted Worlds of Marshall Sahlins The Enchanted Worlds of Marshall Sahlins
What if we saw the study of ghosts, gods, and other metapersons as worthy of a science of its own?
Mar 6, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Anna Della Subin
Are Autofiction and Reality TV the Same? Are Autofiction and Reality TV the Same?
A conversation with the literary critic Anna Kornbluh on her new book Immediacy, a searing indictment of a newly prevalent aesthetic of verisimilitude and the first person.
Mar 4, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer
What Happened to “The Washington Post” Under Marty Baron? What Happened to “The Washington Post” Under Marty Baron?
In a new book, the former editor tirelessly hymns how he and the newspaper protected their journalists and shored up the foundations of our crumbling republic. But was that the ca...
Feb 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Biden’s Cold War Nostalgia Is Dooming His Presidency Biden’s Cold War Nostalgia Is Dooming His Presidency
Missile scares and military Keynesianism won’t win voters who want domestic reform.
Feb 26, 2024 / Jeet Heer
The Genius of Nuri Bilge Ceylan The Genius of Nuri Bilge Ceylan
About Dry Grasses is long, dense, elliptical—and brilliant.
Feb 26, 2024 / Books & the Arts / A. S. Hamrah
Hit Trump on Theocracy, Not Hypocrisy Hit Trump on Theocracy, Not Hypocrisy
The former president’s alliance with religious fanatics is a far bigger problem than his lack of piety.
Feb 23, 2024 / Jeet Heer