In the Vicinity of Genius In the Vicinity of Genius
How a friendship with Glenn Gould created an unlikely cultural critic.
Mar 12, 2021 / Jeet Heer
Byproducts of the Pandemic Byproducts of the Pandemic
An ocean of garbage.
Mar 12, 2021 / OppArt / Janis Selby Jones
How Many Movies About Billie Holiday Does it Take… How Many Movies About Billie Holiday Does it Take…
to capture her immense contribution to music? Apparently more than three.
Mar 11, 2021 / Ethan Iverson
Vivian Gornick in Reverse Vivian Gornick in Reverse
A conversation with the writer about her life and work.
Mar 11, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold
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46 The gods who made me small wer…
Mar 11, 2021 / Poems / Bruce Bond
Inequity in a Globalized Economy Inequity in a Globalized Economy
Every day in Brazil, 10-year-old Isabela picks through a putrid garbage heap searching for bottles and cans to sell to the middleman.
Mar 10, 2021 / OppArt / Robin Holder
On Shame and Healing On Shame and Healing
The truths that lie beneath our loneliest year.
Mar 10, 2021 / Rhea Boyd
The Year of the Vaccine The Year of the Vaccine
Fighting to end the pandemic.
Mar 9, 2021 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards
The Four Horsemen of the Media Apocalypse The Four Horsemen of the Media Apocalypse
The legacies of Trump, Limbaugh, Murdoch, and Ailes are a lasting plague of misinformation, propaganda, and fake news.
Mar 9, 2021 / Robert Lipsyte