Broader, Better Literary Conversations Broader, Better Literary Conversations
Literary conversations are not representative of the diversity of modern letters. We can and I will do better.
Sep 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Roxane Gay
‘Atlantic Rim’: Chomsky v. Zizek ‘Atlantic Rim’: Chomsky v. Zizek
An online dustup between two pop star penseurs shows them staggering through afterlives.
Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
White Wigs, Black Masks: On Surveillance Pop White Wigs, Black Masks: On Surveillance Pop
The cameras no longer look at us because we’re famous; we’re famous because they look at us to death.
Jun 5, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Oligarchs and Graphomaniacs Oligarchs and Graphomaniacs
No one dies for poetry anymore, not even in Russia. Enter the oligarchs, who steer clear of Putin’s ire by sponsoring literary prizes.
Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Pinkham
Made in the USA? Letter From London Made in the USA? Letter From London
Books about London in its Olympic year and after see Americanization eroding the city’s gift for democratic gradualism.
Mar 27, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Leo Robson
Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique
For Betty Friedan, feminism was humanism: a question of growth, maturation and identity.
Mar 20, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein
You Are What You Click: On Microtargeting You Are What You Click: On Microtargeting
Why privacy and anonymity are being violated online by an unstoppable process of data profiling.
Feb 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / David Auerbach
The Journeys of Fred Halliday The Journeys of Fred Halliday
On socialism or the Middle East, Fred Halliday’s intellectual flexibility was one of his greatest strengths.
Oct 30, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Susie Linfield
Breadwinner Conservatism: On Robert O. Self Breadwinner Conservatism: On Robert O. Self
How the American right’s obsession with male status legitimated the transition to a neoliberal ethos.
Oct 3, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Michelle Goldberg
The Poetry of America’s Best and the Brightest The Poetry of America’s Best and the Brightest
The students at Bunker Hill Community College may have difficult lives. But the best are as bright as any Ivy Leaguer.
Sep 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Wick Sloane