Searching for a Palestinian ‘After’ Searching for a Palestinian ‘After’
“The past is a future we return to” —Fargo Tbakhi After the Nakba, there was the Nakba of Before: Nakba of earth less-split, Nakba of root-less hollow, Nakba of take and take -back…
May 24, 2021 / Poems / George Abraham
The Roving Mind of Rachel Kushner The Roving Mind of Rachel Kushner
Her new collection of nonfiction—exploring life, death, motorcycles, land art, experimental film and much more—is exhilarating.
May 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Schaffer-Goddard
Did ‘Cancel Culture’ Drive Richard Wright Underground? Did ‘Cancel Culture’ Drive Richard Wright Underground?
On “Memories of My Grandmother” and The Man Who Lived Underground.
May 20, 2021 / Joseph G. Ramsey
A Portrait of Cis-Trans Solidarity A Portrait of Cis-Trans Solidarity
Torrey Peters’s novel Detransition, Baby reimagines what we call the family.
May 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Lewis
from ‘The Angelgreen Sacrament’ from ‘The Angelgreen Sacrament’
You are afraid don’t be afraid be afraid don’t be afraid no one births you only my longing my angellonging and what I see is green arms and hands in your abandoned eye which is giv…
May 20, 2021 / Poems / Eva Kristina Olsson & translated by Johannes Göransson
Surveillance Surveillance
Over-policing in Black and brown communities.
May 19, 2021 / OppArt / Mac McGill
Encounters With the Unknown Encounters With the Unknown
Returning to New York’s galleries in search of surprise.
May 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Why Critics Need to Let Their Guard Down Why Critics Need to Let Their Guard Down
A conversation with Larissa Pham about desire, the politics of vulnerability, and practicing a more generous form of criticism.
May 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Chalay Chalermkraivuth
Cancel Culture, Case Closed Cancel Culture, Case Closed
The world’s greatest internet detective faces his hardest puzzle yet.
May 18, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow