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January 8, 2019
Magazine
Tony Tulathimutte
Kristen Roupenian’s Power Dynamics
In her new book, the author of “Cat Person” tells stories of sadism, narcissism, and gore.
January 7, 2019
Magazine
Rachel Syme
You’re the Worst
’s Brilliant, Imperfect Ending
Two of the most flawed characters on television plan a wedding.
January 7, 2019
Magazine
John Fabian Witt
The Operative
How John Marshall built the Supreme Court around his political agenda
January 4, 2019
Magazine
Jillian Steinhauer
See for Yourself
Martha Rosler shows how the world really works.
December 5, 2018
Magazine
Lauren Oyler
Idra Novey’s Troubled Activists
Her new novel "Those Who Knew" explores the prejudices, fears, and desires that are bound up with political impulses.
November 30, 2018
Magazine
Evan Kindley
Strange Ambitions
Edward Gorey’s lifelong experiments in the absurd and unsettling
November 29, 2018
Magazine
Ganesh Sitaraman
Unchecked Power
How monopolies have flourished—and undermined democracy
November 28, 2018
Magazine
Gordon S. Wood
Battle Lines
Recovering the profound divisions that led to the Civil War
November 27, 2018
Magazine
Mychal Denzel Smith
Finding a Way
“If Beale Street Could Talk” indicts a world that makes love so difficult.
November 12, 2018
Magazine
Rachel Syme
The Menacing Midcentury Aesthetic of Prestige TV
What lies beneath the sleek stylings of dystopian shows like "Homecoming"
October 29, 2018
Magazine
Sam Tanenhaus
The Promise of Polarization
Ideological division was once seen as the solution to America’s political gridlock. What went wrong?
October 26, 2018
Magazine
Maggie Doherty
A Cut Above
The liberating disjointedness of Diane Williams’s very short stories
October 23, 2018
Magazine
Samuel Moyn
A War Without Civilian Deaths?
What arguments for a more humane approach to war conceal
October 17, 2018
Magazine
John Banville
Hearing Secret Harmonies
How Anthony Powell chronicled the curiously languid world of the English middle class
October 9, 2018
Magazine
Rachel Syme
The Good Place
Comes Down to Earth
The show's third season illuminates the hard work of living a better life.
October 2, 2018
Magazine
David Sessions
America’s Missing Labor Party
The history of strikes shows that, for lasting success, workers need to capture political power.
October 1, 2018
Magazine
George Scialabba
Bad Faith
Do atheists think too much like believers?
September 24, 2018
Magazine
Rebecca Solnit
All the Rage
What a literature that embraces female anger can achieve
September 17, 2018
Magazine
Michael Kazin
The Origins of America’s Enduring Divisions
For Jill Lepore, the United States has always been a nation caught between its sunny ideals and its darker realities.
September 12, 2018
Magazine
Rachel Syme
BoJack Horseman’s Brilliant Crack-Up
The Netflix show's new season is a darkly funny reckoning with grief.
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