• News and Culture

    Feature

    The Sad Rush and Dark Power of Firing a Gun

    By James Boice  November 18, 2016
    Excerpts

    Are Video Games Teaching Children to Kill?

    By Lt. Col. Dave Grossman  November 18, 2016
    Essay

    This is Not a Primer on American Fascism

    By Elena Marcu  November 17, 2016
    Essay

    The Effects of White Supremacy Are Non-Transferable

    By Maurice Carlos Ruffin  November 17, 2016
    Essay

    Finding Love at the End of History

    By Leah Kaminsky  November 17, 2016
    Excerpts

    Robert Bresson: ‘I’m not a director. I am a filmmaker.’

    By Literary Hub  November 17, 2016
    Feature

    We Sent a Poet To Watch Inferno So You Don’t Have To

    By Peter Nowogrodzki  November 17, 2016
    Feature

    Our Children React to President Donald Trump

    By Emily Raboteau  November 16, 2016
    Essay

    Bad Old Ideas in a Brave New World

    By Emily Harnett  November 16, 2016
    Essay

    David Ulin: Beware a Kinder, Gentler American Fascism

    By David L. Ulin  November 16, 2016
    News

    ‘Post-Truth’ is a Terrible Word of the Year

    By Emily Temple  November 16, 2016
    Excerpts

    It Takes a Village to Be Brutal

    By Ottilie Mulzet  November 16, 2016
    Essay

    The Spectacle of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk on the Big Screen

    By Drew Pham  November 16, 2016
    Essay

    In Search of the Real Woman Who Lived on the Island of the Blue Dolphins

    By Veronica Hackethal  November 16, 2016
    Excerpts

    Three Unpublished Poems by Johnny Cash That Should Be Songs

    By Johnny Cash  November 15, 2016
    Excerpts

    Is New York City Prepared for the Coming Hurricane?

    By David Oshinsky  November 15, 2016
    Essay

    Rebecca Solnit: How to Survive a Disaster

    By Rebecca Solnit  November 15, 2016
    What to Read

    Five Books Making News This Week: Awards and Aftershocks

    By Jane Ciabattari  November 15, 2016
    Feature

    25 Works of Poetry and Fiction for Anger and Action

    By Emily Temple  November 14, 2016
    Essay

    Cohen Dies, Trump Wins, and We Will Sing About These Dark Times

    By Summer Brennan  November 14, 2016
    Essay

    Consider Your Neighbors (All Over the Country)

    By Jami Attenberg  November 14, 2016
    What to Read

    Interview with a Bookstore: Blackwell’s Bookshop

    By Interview with a Bookstore  November 14, 2016
    Feature

    The Literary is Political

    By Jonny Diamond  November 11, 2016
    In Memoriam

    The Words and Work of Leonard Cohen

    By Emily Temple  November 11, 2016
    Essay

    On Staying and Fighting, and Finding Strength in Poetry

    By Garnette Cadogan  November 11, 2016
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