In Our Orbit: Dave Zirin’s “The Kaepernick Effect” In Our Orbit: Dave Zirin’s “The Kaepernick Effect”
The Nation’s sports editor has a new book out on the politics of “taking a knee.”
Oct 21, 2021 / Peter Rothberg
Good Neighbors, NO Fences Good Neighbors, NO Fences
Joy and connection as empowerment.
Oct 20, 2021 / OppArt / J. Maya Luz
“Squid Game”’s Capitalist Parables “Squid Game”’s Capitalist Parables
Netflix’s breakout series depicts a world of violent and macabre individualism and desperation.
Oct 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
The Mysteries of the Childhood Memoir The Mysteries of the Childhood Memoir
Richard Wollheim’s Germs is a brilliant and curious example of a genre dedicated to unraveling the riddles of a time we have a hard time remembering.
Oct 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / John Banville
I Just Chose My Place and Let the Circle Form Around Me I Just Chose My Place and Let the Circle Form Around Me
N behold the Lord a neutron star had been “missing” for 32 years visible light faded gradually over 500 days, then astrophysicists announced they had seen a hot,…
Oct 19, 2021 / Poems / Oliver Baez Bendorf
What Riot? What Riot?
Mike Pence stood up to Donald Trump’s tirade. He certified the vote. He was unflinching. He now implies that day’s been overblown, Though he’s the one the mob had talked of lynchin…
Oct 19, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Art at the Border of Power and Ecology Art at the Border of Power and Ecology
Miguel Fernández de Castro’s multimedia works reveal the ties between money, migration, and environmental disaster.
“Gossip Girl” and the Demented Culture of Fame “Gossip Girl” and the Demented Culture of Fame
HBO’s reboot of the teen drama explores how the rich and famous make their lives consumable for the rest of us.
Oct 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
We Came Here to Get Away From You We Came Here to Get Away From You
Port Townsend, Washington Downhill, a skeleton of an orca suspended: a female beached; belly full, at that time, of seal and fish; the seal and fish full, at that time of poison. T…
Oct 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Donika Kelly
In the New Year In the New Year
Sun on my face and the train slips into the tunnel. Dim reflection confronts. Perhaps I am lacking in something substantial like iron, or virtue. How easy it is to hurt someone, ho…
Oct 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Rao