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May 31, 2017
Lovia Gyarkye
The Women Who Wanted A Revolution
A new Brooklyn Museum exhibition about black female artists offers a blueprint for the future of feminism.
May 31, 2017
Magazine
Sam Tanenhaus
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Shimmering Visions
The story of Fitzgerald as a victim of his own success has been greatly exaggerated.
May 31, 2017
Jo Livingstone
There’s a New Literary Celebrity in Town, and His Name Is Baruch Spinoza
Rachel Kadish’s "The Weight of Ink" is like A.S. Byatt's "Possession," but with more seventeenth-century Judaism.
May 30, 2017
James Pogue
Denis Johnson Saw What America Was Becoming
The writer focused his talent on illuminating those the country left behind.
May 30, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Amazon Bookstore Isn’t Evil. It’s Just Dumb.
Publishers fear that Amazon is trying to dominate brick-and-mortar retail. They needn't worry.
May 29, 2017
Magazine
Rachel Riederer
Libertarians Seek a Home on the High Seas
The unlikely rise—and anti-democratic impulses—of seasteading.
May 26, 2017
Alex Shephard
Denis Johnson was the best American writer of the past 25 years.
May 26, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Why Are Americans So Hostile to State-Funded Art?
A personal, historical, and comparative consideration of using public money to support the humanities.
May 26, 2017
Casey N. Cep
Southern History, Deep Fried
John T. Edge's "The Potlikker Papers" looks at multiculturalism, conflict, and civil rights in the American South—all through the history of the region's food.
May 26, 2017
Magazine
Charlotte Shane
How Rebecca Solnit Became Essential Feminist Reading
The critic's new essay collection appears early in Trump's presidency, armed with purpose and reason.
May 25, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
Was Grunge Good?
The death of Chris Cornell and the 25th anniversary of the movie "Singles" bring a musical era into focus.
May 25, 2017
Magazine
Adam Gaffney
The Devastating Effects of Dental Inequality in America
The state of our teeth reveals—and reinforces—economic disadvantage in society.
May 25, 2017
Lauren Oyler
Urban Squatting’s History is More Radical Than You Imagined
A new book looks at the triumphs and challenges of the renegade housing movement.
May 24, 2017
Sarah Jones
What Ross Douthat gets wrong about
The Handmaid’s Tale
.
May 24, 2017
Jo Livingstone
In
The Wizard of Lies
, Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer Return to a Life of Crime
HBO's new Bernie Madoff biopic turns white-collar greed into a mob flick.
May 23, 2017
Jo Livingstone
How the Androids Took Over the
Alien
Franchise
The machines dominate the latest installment in the space-horror franchise, taking it in a new thematic direction.
May 22, 2017
Annie Julia Wyman
What Happens When a Queer Punk Hero is Accused of Sexual Assault?
The pop-punk duo PWR BTTM presented themselves as everything their young fans needed. Like a lot of celebrity promises, it was too good to be true.
May 19, 2017
Jo Livingstone
A Portrait of the Artist Who Had Himself Shot
A new documentary about Chris Burden shows the extreme performance artist’s “cuddly” side.
May 18, 2017
Magazine
Sarah Marshall
Selina Meyer, Hillary Clinton, and Life After Political Defeat
A new season of "Veep" tackles the shock of losing the White House.
May 18, 2017
Jo Livingstone
What
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Gets Right About the Middle Ages
Guy Ritchie’s take on Arthurian legend is silly, yes. But it could be a lot worse.
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