Why is Writing About Art So Difficult?

Why is Writing About Art So Difficult?

Sara Woster on Finding the Words We Need

By Sara Woster | September 14, 2022

Chinelo Okparanta on William Styron’s <em>Confessions of Nat Turner</em> and Writing Across Racial Identities

Chinelo Okparanta on William Styron’s Confessions of Nat Turner and Writing Across Racial Identities

“I did wonder about the implications of writing, albeit fictionally and satirically, from a white liberal-minded man’s perspective.”

By Chinelo Okparanta | September 14, 2022

Celeste Ng: What Place Does Art Have in the Fight Against Fascism?

Celeste Ng: What Place Does Art Have in the Fight Against Fascism?

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | September 14, 2022

Two or Three Things I Know About Jean-Luc Godard

Two or Three Things I Know About Jean-Luc Godard

Towards an Obituary of a Cinematic Giant

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 14, 2022

How Black History Saved Me: Peniel E. Joseph on His Path to Scholar-Activism

How Black History Saved Me: Peniel E. Joseph on His Path to Scholar-Activism

Tracing an Education, from W.E.B. Du Bois to Sonia Sanchez

By Peniel E. Joseph | September 14, 2022

“I Can’t Believe I’ve Done This.” Jerry Stahl on Going All in for the Story

“I Can’t Believe I’ve Done This.” Jerry Stahl on Going All in for the Story

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 14, 2022

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What Rituals Across Cultures Reveal About the Human Condition

By Dimitris Xygalatas | September 14, 2022

What a Scandalous 1922 Murder Tells Us About America’s Current Obsession With True Crime

By Keen On | September 14, 2022

Author-Illustrator Dan Santat on the Magic of Fractured Fairy Tales

By NewberyTart | September 14, 2022

How Social Media Is Driving Our Mental Crisis and How Reading Plato Can Help Cure it

How Social Media Is Driving Our Mental Crisis and How Reading Plato Can Help Cure it

Nicholas Kardaras in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 14, 2022

How Getting Beyond Neoliberal Economics Can Enable America to Restore Its Greatness

How Getting Beyond Neoliberal Economics Can Enable America to Restore Its Greatness

Thom Hartmann in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 14, 2022

Here are this year’s Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalists.

Here are this year’s Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalists.

By Corinne Segal | September 13, 2022

Jean-Luc Godard disliked e-books before they even existed.

Jean-Luc Godard disliked e-books before they even existed.

By Emily Temple | September 13, 2022

Strand Bookstore’s $1,500 Bottega Veneta tote bag sucks and I hate it.

Strand Bookstore’s $1,500 Bottega Veneta tote bag sucks and I hate it.

By Jonny Diamond | September 13, 2022

Sarah Kendzior on Trumpland’s Criminal Distortions of American Reality

Sarah Kendzior on Trumpland’s Criminal Distortions of American Reality

“Fighting corruption is not a matter of changing hearts and minds but of accumulating leverage.”

By Sarah Kendzior | September 13, 2022

Was It Ever Possible For One Person To Read Every Book Ever Written (in English)?

Was It Ever Possible For One Person To Read Every Book Ever Written (in English)?

Randall Munroe Provides a Serious Answer To a Very Hypothetical Literary Question

By Randall Munroe | September 13, 2022

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