When Art Talks Back: Jonathan Lethem on Graffiti As Visual and Written Expression

When Art Talks Back: Jonathan Lethem on Graffiti As Visual and Written Expression

Exploring Artistic Scribbling in a Rapidly Gentrifying New York City

By Jonathan Lethem | August 26, 2024

How Weimar Berlin Inspired Christopher Isherwood’s <em>Sally Bowles</em>

How Weimar Berlin Inspired Christopher Isherwood’s Sally Bowles

Katherine Bucknell on the Tumultuous World That Made the Novella and Its Protagonist

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Beyond Saviors and Suffering: On the Complex Dynamics of Animal Rescue

Beyond Saviors and Suffering: On the Complex Dynamics of Animal Rescue

Carol Mithers Explores the Relationships Between Stray Dogs and the Humans Who Love Them

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What the Timelessness of Modern Malaise Reveals About the Human Condition

What the Timelessness of Modern Malaise Reveals About the Human Condition

Viktor E. Frankl on the Collective Neuroses That Characterize Our Society

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J.D. Salinger designed his iconic rainbow corner cover himself.

J.D. Salinger designed his iconic rainbow corner cover himself.

By James Folta | August 23, 2024

Rebecca Solnit: JD Vance is Just Another Know Nothing Nativist

Rebecca Solnit: JD Vance is Just Another Know Nothing Nativist

“Vance seems to assume that large numbers of native-born white people don't constitute ethnic enclaves.”

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