Author: Sho Spaeth

Columns

Mr. Difficult Jr.

Sho Spaeth

November 14, 2018

The new "William Gass Reader" celebrates the great essayist and philosopher—but it's Gass's fictions that will stand the test of time.

The Florida Man Can’t

Nathan Taylor Pemberton

November 05, 2018

The Florida of the abstract joke is a worthy cipher for America’s signature blend of incompetent savagery.

Beto at the Border

Michelle García

November 02, 2018

Latinos work to wrest the right's political weapon of choice—the U.S.-Mexico border itself.

Speaking Ills

John Semley

October 31, 2018

Debate—and especially the challenge to debate—exists as an end in itself. Debate has become a conservative fetish object.

Twilight of the Racist Uncles

Ed Burmila

October 30, 2018

Younger users aren’t ditching Facebook because of Alex Jones, but because listening to all of America’s uncles at once is our literal nightmare.

Bolsonaro Rising

Alex Hochuli

October 29, 2018

Brazil, the world’s fourth-largest democracy has elected a neofascist as president.

The Horror, the Horror

Michael Reid Roberts

October 26, 2018

With "Suspira" and "Halloween," a genre copies itself for the intellectual property era.

Brutalist Fiction

J.W. McCormack

October 25, 2018

After reading Diane Williams, the classic short story seems like a sprawling black hole.

The Palace and the Storm

Kate Wagner

October 23, 2018

Only the rich will survive climate change.

Nudging the Lexicon

Sophie Haigney

October 23, 2018

The more we use The New Gmail, the more we beckon the end of meaningful human language.

The Archivists of Extinction

Kate Wagner

October 19, 2018

In an era of capitalist ruin, we need an architectural history of the people.

This Is Not a Blip

Aaron Timms

October 02, 2018

Today’s political climate is not simply a passing weather pattern.