Distorting the Holocaust to Boost the International Arms Trade Distorting the Holocaust to Boost the International Arms Trade
If whitewashing Bulgaria’s history during the Second World War helps an Israeli arms company get a contract, who could possibly object?
Jul 26, 2022 / Raz Segal and Amos Goldberg
Letters From the August 8/15, 2022, Issue Letters From the August 8/15, 2022, Issue
Whole Earth generation… Maier and McCarthyism…
Jul 26, 2022 / Our Readers
Mohammed bin Salman Mohammed bin Salman
He ordered the murder, our own report said, But we remain true to the oil he commands: Joe Biden decided to fist bump the man, As if a clenched fist hides the blood on one’s hands.
Jul 26, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Vladimir Sorokin’s Anti-Realism Vladimir Sorokin’s Anti-Realism
For the Russian novelist, the end of Soviet literary and political culture marked the loss of a powerful foil.
Jul 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Gregory Afinogenov
Asking “What About…?” Is Essential to Achieving Justice Asking “What About…?” Is Essential to Achieving Justice
Selective empathy prevents us from making connections.
Jul 22, 2022 / Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Life and Times of Cookie Mueller The Life and Times of Cookie Mueller
Her chronicles of the last days of American countercultural life New York's downtown scene bursts with energy.
Jul 20, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Zoe Dubno
A History of the Partition Through the Eyes of Appalachian Nuns A History of the Partition Through the Eyes of Appalachian Nuns
Jyoti Thottam's Sisters of Mokama, tells the story of missionaries in the Indian state of Bihar, who bore witness to the tumultuous era, offering a different way to understand the ...
Jul 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Zoya Qureshi
What It Means to Be an Elderly Gay Man Today What It Means to Be an Elderly Gay Man Today
The latest entry in Andrew Holleran’s biographical fiction project, Kingdom of Sand, offers a portrait of the post-Stonewall generation confronting death and history.
Jul 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Gutterman Tranen
You Can’t Buy These Books You Can’t Buy These Books
In their attack on libraries, megapublishers roll a Trojan horse into the courts.
Jul 18, 2022 / Maria Bustillos
Edafe Okporo’s Manifesto for the Migrant Edafe Okporo’s Manifesto for the Migrant
A conversation with the activist and writer about his new book Asylum and the intersections of oppression that face LGBTQ migrants and refugees.
Jul 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / John Washington