Nate Chinen’s Daring New History of Modern Jazz Nate Chinen’s Daring New History of Modern Jazz
Nate Chinen’s new book confronts the contemporary jazz moment with clarity and authority.
Oct 6, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
Young Jean Lee’s Domestic Surrealism Young Jean Lee’s Domestic Surrealism
In her newest play, Lee offers us a look at the straight white man as a specimen.
Sep 11, 2018 / Alisa Solomon
Svetlana Alexievich: ‘Freedom Is Long and Hard Work’ Svetlana Alexievich: ‘Freedom Is Long and Hard Work’
The Nobel Prize laureate in literature believes a new generation in the countries of the former USSR will make the dreams of 1991 a reality.
Aug 30, 2018 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
BlaKkKlansman’s Leap Into the Present BlaKkKlansman’s Leap Into the Present
And in Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline, we find a protagonist plunged so deeply into her own mind that there really is no outside.
Aug 16, 2018 / Stuart Klawans
William Parker’s Late-Career Bloom William Parker’s Late-Career Bloom
After a 45-year-long career, the jazz bassist is still creating experimental music pulsing with humanity.
Aug 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
Can Charles Mills Save Liberal Philosophy From Itself? Can Charles Mills Save Liberal Philosophy From Itself?
In his new book, the philosopher argues that political theory has obscured the history of racism in liberal societies.
Jul 18, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Lebron
The Quilt of Romare Bearden’s Life The Quilt of Romare Bearden’s Life
For 30 years, the artist worked for the New York City Department of Welfare, a day job that was much more than a necessary evil.
Jul 13, 2018 / Aidan Levy
Katharine Gates’s Anthropology of Kink Katharine Gates’s Anthropology of Kink
The republication of Deviant Desires provides an opportunity to consider notions of sexuality that are often ignored or minimized elsewhere.
Jul 3, 2018 / Cassidy Dawn Graves
Roger Scruton’s Conservative Moment Roger Scruton’s Conservative Moment
Scruton’s new book is framed as an “invitation to the great tradition” of the right—but what it offers is anachronistic and hopelessly obscure.
Jul 2, 2018 / Joseph Hogan
Against Civility Against Civility
You can’t fight injustice with decorum.
Jun 27, 2018 / Sarah Leonard