Criticism

Books

Poetically Speaking

A new book makes the case for bewilderment as a critical virtue
Brian Dillon
Books

The Polycrisis

Why can’t we stop talking about nonmonogamy?
Brandy Jensen
Books

Gender Wars

Two scholars excavate the origins of today’s trans backlash
Paisley Currah
Books

In Search of Albertine

The feminist afterlives of Proust's iconic character
Victoria Baena
Books

Alice Notley’s Disobedience

The shape-shifting voice that changed American poetry
Tausif Noor
Books

Stealing the Show

Why conservatives killed America’s federally funded theater
Charlie Tyson

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Criticism

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Music

On Modern Composition

Music in review
Timothy Young
April 1, 2019
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Books

On Nine Recent Collections

Poetry in review
Stephanie Burt
April 1, 2019
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Film

The Cinematic Afterlife of James Baldwin

Film in review
Ayten Tartici
April 1, 2019
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Film

Children of Thanos

Film in review
Roy Scranton
January 1, 2019
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Books

Don Paterson on Poetics

Poetry in review
Stephen Yenser
January 1, 2019
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Books

On 'The Novel of Ferrara'

Fiction in review
Marta Figlerowicz
January 1, 2019
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Art

On Andy Warhol

Art in review
Richard Deming
January 1, 2019
Photo of book cover with author Martha Nussbaum
Books

Shipwreck with Spectator

Martha Nussbaum on Our Political Crisis
Feisal G. Mohamed
January 1, 2019
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Music

The Last Valkyrie

Music in review
Dewey Faulkner
January 1, 2019
A cover of the Saturday Evening Post.
Books

“They Don’t Know It, but We’re Integrated”

Thomas Pynchon’s “The Secret Integration” and The Saturday Evening Post
Terry Reilly
January 1, 2019