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June 23, 2017
Sarah Marshall
Blood Drive
Misses Out on Everything Good About Gore
SyFy's new series shows how much potential dystopian TV can have—by fulfilling none of it.
June 22, 2017
Jo Livingstone
The Unrealized Visions of Frank Lloyd Wright
A new show at MoMA celebrates his 150th birthday, and the archive he left behind.
June 22, 2017
Magazine
Mychal Denzel Smith
A Grief Observed
From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin, the power and pain of black mourning.
June 22, 2017
Morgan Jerkins
The Old Problems of
New People
Danzy Senna's new novel examines the ambivalent privileges of passing.
June 21, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Rachel Weisz, at Her Luminous Best
In "My Cousin Rachel," Weisz plays a mysterious woman seen through the eyes of an innocent young man.
June 21, 2017
Malcolm Harris
Senator Sasse’s Guide to Being a Grown-Up
The parenting advice in "The Vanishing American Adult" is deceptively bipartisan.
June 20, 2017
Jessica Loudis
What Did Al Jazeera Do?
Amid diplomatic tensions, a great, troubled experiment in news faces pressure to close.
June 16, 2017
Jo Livingstone
What Happened to the Scary Summer Horror Movie?
"The Mummy" and "It Comes at Night" reveal a more postmodern approach to the genre, at the expense of actual fright.
June 16, 2017
Clio Chang
Do We Need Women’s News?
The Lily, a website for women readers produced by The Washington Post, raises new questions about a very popular media genre.
June 16, 2017
Sarah Marshall
Females Are Strong as Hell
The uncommon ambition of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt."
June 15, 2017
Nina Renata Aron
Love in the Gig Economy
Catherine Lacey's novel ‘The Answers’ tells the story of a girlfriend experience.
June 15, 2017
Alex Shephard
Beyond Dragons and Nonsense: A Q&A With David Weigel About Prog Rock
The political reporter talks to TNR about rock music's most misunderstood genre.
June 15, 2017
Magazine
Rachel Syme
Self-Made Woman
Viewing Georgia O’Keeffe’s art and legend through her personal style.
June 15, 2017
Jo Livingstone
The Long-Awaited Return of Beth Ditto
Just in time for summer, her new solo album "Fake Sugar" is an '80s power-disco confection.
June 14, 2017
Joon Lee
Why Tracy K. Smith is a perfect choice for poet laureate.
June 14, 2017
Rafia Zakaria
How Roxane Gay Fought Fat-Shaming
A searching personal story, ‘Hunger’ defies a culture of thinness.
June 14, 2017
Jo Livingstone
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Love Story
"The Tale of Beren and Lúthien" expands on a central aspect of the author's mythology, while shedding light on his own life.
June 13, 2017
Jess Zimmerman
Haruki Murakami’s Lonely Men
In a new story collection, "Men Without Women," the writer examines how his characters cope—or fail to—in the wake of loss.
June 12, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Grow Up
Why adult women—and women’s media—should reconsider their cultural infatuation with teenage girls.
June 9, 2017
Bridget Read
The Powerful Reticence of Elizabeth Bishop
The poet was reserved and private in an age of confession. Now, a new biography tries to reveal her secrets.
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