The Toxic History of the Salton Sea The Toxic History of the Salton Sea
A new book by Traci Brynne Voyles catalogs the alarming events that created one of the West’s most polluted bodies of water.
Aug 10, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Paoletta
Trump on Pence as Mob Constructs Gallows Trump on Pence as Mob Constructs Gallows
No calls for dispersal, just insults to Pence Was what Trump relayed to the crowd he harangued. He called Pence disloyal and things worse than that. No thanks to his boss did Mike…
Aug 9, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Keith Gessen’s Adventures in Parenting Keith Gessen’s Adventures in Parenting
In his new book about parenting, Gessen offers a tour of anxieties set in the semi-gentrified Brooklyn of the 2020s.
Aug 9, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ryu Spaeth
Letters From the August 22/29, 2022, Issue Letters From the August 22/29, 2022, Issue
Gay liberation… Hooded justice…
Aug 9, 2022 / Our Readers
Ottessa Moshfegh’s Cruel Worlds Ottessa Moshfegh’s Cruel Worlds
In her new novel, Moshfegh explores the brutish world of the Middle Ages.
Aug 8, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Elvia Wilk
Juan Emar’s Forgotten Vanguard Juan Emar’s Forgotten Vanguard
Influenced by the Surrealists, the obscure Chilean novelist took to task the social realist status quo in his magical fiction.
Aug 4, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Hanson O’Haver
The Wondrous and Mundane Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay The Wondrous and Mundane Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Her private writing offers another, more idiosyncratic angle to understand the famed poet.
Aug 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Apoorva Tadepalli
Marlen Haushofer’s Bucolic Apocalypse Marlen Haushofer’s Bucolic Apocalypse
Examining an isolated life, in the wake of an unknown cataclysm, The Wall forces its readers to confront their relationship to the natural world.
Aug 2, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Missouri Williams
The Sophist Network The Sophist Network
Justin E.H. Smith’s recent book is a prime example of how a certain realm of philosophical thinking misunderstands the material impact of the Internet.
Aug 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Michael Eby
Encounters With Adélia Prado Encounters With Adélia Prado
Five new translations of the Brazilian poet’s work by Ellen Doré Watson.
Jul 28, 2022 / Poems / Adélia Prado and Ellen Doré Watson