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May 12, 2020
Jo Livingstone
Al Capone, All-American Boogeyman
A new biopic reveals what the antihero of Prohibition can teach us today.
May 11, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Bittersweet Return of Sports
South Korean baseball and German soccer are reminders of how far we still are from normalcy.
May 11, 2020
Kyle Chayka
The Art of Staying Home
Kate Zambreno’s novel “Drifts” brilliantly evokes a hazy state of self-isolation.
May 9, 2020
Jo Livingstone
Michelle Obama Won’t Save Us
“Becoming,” a new documentary, obliquely reveals the ways in which this country did the former First Lady wrong.
May 8, 2020
Magazine
Kate Wagner
The Coronavirus Is Tearing Apart the American City
After the pandemic, the rich will barricade themselves further. National chains will supplant local businesses. And the gig economy will explode.
May 8, 2020
Heather Souvaine Horn
We’re All Preppers Now
Mark O’Connell’s book set out to explore survivalist subcultures. Then the pandemic hit.
May 6, 2020
Jo Livingstone
At Long Last, the “Queen of Folk” Gets Her Biography
A new book about the legendary singer Odetta comes not a minute too soon.
May 6, 2020
Magazine
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
Thomas Piketty’s Plan to Fix the Economy
His new book diagnoses a society obsessed with property rights.
May 6, 2020
Magazine
Lidija Haas
The Backlash Appeal of
Mrs. America
Why do we watch dramas about right-wing women?
May 1, 2020
Jo Livingstone
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Vintage Snooker
Let the classic billiards game charm its way into your viewing schedule.
May 1, 2020
Magazine
Sophie Pinkham
How Vivian Gornick Reinvigorated Political Writing
Her most criticized book, “The Romance of American Communism,” has become a modern classic.
May 1, 2020
Philippa Snow
Hollywood Keeps Trying to Rewrite Its History
Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series is the latest to imagine a better, fairer Golden Age, while never truly reckoning with the past.
May 1, 2020
Magazine
John Patrick Leary
The Slippery Definition of an “Essential” Worker
Whose work is indispensable in a pandemic?
April 30, 2020
Jo Livingstone
Dylan vs. Beyoncé: Quarantine Showdown
In the past month, Bob and Bey have surprised fans with new music. Maybe a duet next?
April 30, 2020
Ryu Spaeth
Cooking While the World Falls Apart
Finding refuge in Bill Buford’s obsession with French food
April 28, 2020
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Rachel Syme
How
Normal People
Captures a Hyper-Aware Romance
The Hulu adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel centers on two very connected, very guarded lovers.
April 28, 2020
Jo Livingstone
Reagan, Gay Porn, and Family Secrets Star in
Circus of Books
An intimate documentary about Los Angeles’s queer history
April 28, 2020
Alex Amend
How Democrats Let the Right Win on Immigration
A new book traces the ways liberals have enabled nativism and xenophobia for decades.
April 27, 2020
Magazine
John Semley
Turn On, Tune In, Cash In
Sizing up the commercial and therapeutic prospects for the psychedelic revival
April 24, 2020
Jo Livingstone
The Beastie Boys Keep It On and On
Spike Jonze’s “Beastie Boys Story” tracks the band’s evolution from sexist hoodlums to beloved Gen X heroes.
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