Letters From the July 2024 Issue Letters From the July 2024 Issue
The cost of psychotherapy… The Yemen script… Surface beauty… Correction…
Jul 2, 2024 / Our Readers
Dear Ron Klain: We Need To Talk About Joe Dear Ron Klain: We Need To Talk About Joe
To preserve President Biden’s legacy, the party has to find another candidate
Jul 1, 2024 / Jeet Heer
The Radical Politics of the Garden The Radical Politics of the Garden
An interview with author Olivia Laing.
Jul 1, 2024 / Q&A / Sara Franklin
Taylor Swift, Poet Taylor Swift, Poet
Country singer, globetrotting pop star, and now melancholic poet—Taylor Swift has offered her listeners almost everything.
Jul 1, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Stephanie Burt
The Lost Lessons of the First Televised Presidential Debates The Lost Lessons of the First Televised Presidential Debates
In 1960, The Nation asked a collection of thinkers and critics to grapple with the significance of the televised debates between Nixon and Kennedy. Here’s what they said.
Jun 27, 2024 / Column / Richard Kreitner
The Man Hồ Chí Minh Once Was The Man Hồ Chí Minh Once Was
Joseph Andras's novel on the Vietnamese revolutionary's salad days in Paris imagines how a young radical became an icon.
Jun 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Terry Nguyễn
A Fantasy of Post-Generational Politics A Fantasy of Post-Generational Politics
A recent book argues that reordering the stages of work and life—including retirement—could eradicate conflicts between generations, while ignoring the real issues that divide us....
Jun 25, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Julian Epp
Time, Space, and Annie Baker Time, Space, and Annie Baker
The playwright's remarkable debut film, Janet Planet, immerses the viewer in the sounds and sorrow of a middle-schooler's endless summer.
Jun 24, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Nora Caplan-Bricker
How the Academy Flubbed Its Moguls Memorial How the Academy Flubbed Its Moguls Memorial
The Academy's film museum, seeking to placate critics who decried its earlier omission of Jewish moguls, rushes to fix its clumsy handling of a sensitive subject.
Jun 21, 2024 / Ben Schwartz
Christopher Bollen’s Cairo Thriller Christopher Bollen’s Cairo Thriller
The Lost Americans captures the atmosphere of paranoia and surveillance in the years since 2013.
Jun 20, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Hussein Omar