Naomi Klein’s Quest to Understand Her Double Naomi Klein’s Quest to Understand Her Double
In her new book, a case of mistaken identity reveals how life online and off has become more and more polarized.
Oct 2, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Laura Kipnis
Liberties: A Magazine in Revolt Against the New Liberties: A Magazine in Revolt Against the New
Tolerance, rigor, open-mindedness, and a willingness to countenance doubt and contradiction apparently are all values the magazine champions in theory but tends to ignore in pract...
Oct 2, 2023 / Books & the Arts / David Klion
50 Years Ago, My Family Fled Chile. This Year, I Returned. 50 Years Ago, My Family Fled Chile. This Year, I Returned.
I went to Chile for the anniversary of the 1973 coup to trace the country's painful history—and my own.
Sep 29, 2023 / Mara Marques Cavallaro
Why You Can’t Buy Lydia Davis’s New Book on Amazon Why You Can’t Buy Lydia Davis’s New Book on Amazon
Our Strangers is more than a beguiling collection of short fiction: It represents a stand against what might be killing the book industry.
Sep 28, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer
Can We Imagine Life Without Oil? Can We Imagine Life Without Oil?
Mobility, a novel by Lydia Kiesling, looks at the way fossil fuels defines life in public and private, shaping the very way we tell stories.
Sep 26, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jess Bergman
Rupert Murdoch’s Final Con Game Rupert Murdoch’s Final Con Game
Announcing his exit, the right-wing baron mixes public populism and private elitism.
Sep 25, 2023 / Jeet Heer
What Museum Guards See What Museum Guards See
A recent memoir by Patrick Bringley about his time working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art illustrates the intimate knowledge guards possess of the pieces they protect.
Sep 25, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Farewell to a Poor Bastard Farewell to a Poor Bastard
Joe Matt (1963–2023) made hilarious comedy of his own misery.
In the Country of the Blind In the Country of the Blind
A conversation with Andrew Leland about his provocative new book about vision loss, disability politics, and the ways in which blindness looms large in our cultural imagination.
Sep 21, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Kolb
German Like Me German Like Me
Culture / September 20, 2023 German Like Me How an Afro-German TV series about the GDR’s first Black police officer became an international hit. Linda Mannheim Share Facebook T…
Sep 20, 2023 / Linda Mannheim