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The starting line of the 12th Annual AIDS walk in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis, in May 2000
Scott W. Stern
How the Heartland Responded to AIDS and Shaped Queer Politics
Histories of the epidemic tend to focus on coastal cities, but the response was very different in the middle of the country.
Tim Robinson in a scene from “The Chair Company"
MagazinePhillip Maciak
The Chair Company Is a Horror Show About The Workplace
Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin’s new show is distinctly more surreal and uncanny than Severance.
MagazineAdam Nayman
Sentimental Value Is an Upper-Middle-Brow Crowd Pleaser
Stellan Skarsgard and Elle Fanning in a scene from Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value
MagazineAdam Nayman
Sentimental Value Is an Upper-Middle-Brow Crowd Pleaser
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An illustration of author Elizabeth Gilbert in the clouds
The Spiritual Appeal of Elizabeth Gilbert
Laura Kipnis
An illustration of author Elizabeth Gilbert in the clouds
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The Spiritual Appeal of Elizabeth Gilbert
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Can America Become a Democracy?
Patrick Iber
MagazinePatrick Iber
Can America Become a Democracy?
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A collage of documents from the founding of the United States
Can America Become a Democracy?
Patrick Iber
A collage of documents from the founding of the United States
MagazinePatrick Iber
Can America Become a Democracy?
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Thomas Pynchon’s Strangely Stripped-Back Noir
John Semley
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Thomas Pynchon’s Strangely Stripped-Back Noir
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An illustration that imagines some of the scenes from Thomas Pynchon's new novel, Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon’s Strangely Stripped-Back Noir
John Semley
An illustration that imagines some of the scenes from Thomas Pynchon's new novel, Shadow Ticket
MagazineJohn Semley
Thomas Pynchon’s Strangely Stripped-Back Noir
A scene from the movie It Was Just an Accident
MagazineAdam Nayman
Jafar Panahi’s Revenge Road Trip Masterpiece
It Was Just An Accident reckons with cruelty and repression.
A photo illustration of Augusto Pinochet half hidden by a red loop
MagazineAndre Pagliarini
Who Gets Away With Crimes Against Humanity?
How dictators and Nazis have eluded the international justice system—with help from their friends
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