Culture

Portrait of a Radical Swarm

Portrait of a Radical Swarm Portrait of a Radical Swarm

From Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter, Accra Shepp's protest photographs have dissolved the boundaries between the individual and the collective.

Apr 29, 2022 / Photo Essay / Salamishah Tillet

Antonio Di Benedetto and the Sound of Madness

Antonio Di Benedetto and the Sound of Madness Antonio Di Benedetto and the Sound of Madness

His bleak and surreal 1964 novel The Silentiary examines one man’s quest for quiet.

Apr 27, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Dustin Illingworth

A man holds a microphone surrounded by a crowd.

Now Amazon Is Being Challenged in the Boardroom as Well Now Amazon Is Being Challenged in the Boardroom as Well

A campaign by New York and Illinois pension fund leaders, led by New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, aims to pressure the company on its shocking record on workplace safety and ...

Apr 26, 2022 / Nathan Newman

What the Year 2000 Wrought

What the Year 2000 Wrought What the Year 2000 Wrought

A conversation with Andrew Rice about his book The Year That Broke America, the chaotic politics of the aughts, and how that decade’s eccentric characters defined American life.&nb...

Apr 26, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Alana Pockros

The Zoological Nightmares of Rafael Bernal

The Zoological Nightmares of Rafael Bernal The Zoological Nightmares of Rafael Bernal

The Mexican writer’s 1947 novel His Name Was Death dramatizes humanity’s ecological arrogance through the story of a mosquito swarm with plans of world destruction.

Apr 25, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lucas Iberico Lozada

It’s Woody Guthrie’s World.  We Just Live in It.

It’s Woody Guthrie’s World. We Just Live in It. It’s Woody Guthrie’s World. We Just Live in It.

A new show at the Morgan Library illuminates the legendary folk singer’s jam-packed life.

Apr 25, 2022 / Feature / Gene Seymour

In Defense of “Winning Time”

In Defense of “Winning Time” In Defense of “Winning Time”

Laker legends Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jerry West are none too happy with the new HBO series. But there is much to be said for it.

Apr 21, 2022 / Dave Zirin

The New York Times Book Review at a Crossroads

The New York Times Book Review at a Crossroads The New York Times Book Review at a Crossroads

What does the future hold for one of United States’ oldest literary institutions?

Apr 21, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Paoletta

The Damning Legacy of Clintonism

The Damning Legacy of Clintonism The Damning Legacy of Clintonism

A conversation with Lily Geismer about her new book Left Behind, the misguided market guided policy of the New Democrats, and the failures of Bill Clinton. 

Apr 20, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Leifer

Nation Poetry

Couplets Couplets

I became myself. I became myself. No, I always was myself. There’s no such person as myself. I wouldn’t have to turn my eye inward, I thought, if I could train my eye on him—the on…

Apr 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Millner

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