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The Price is Wrong

Angella d’Avignon

November 07, 2018

Without incisive critique or explosive insider information, the spectacle of The Price of Everything wears thin.

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.

Tokens of Appreciation

Soraya Roberts

October 08, 2018

When protest masquerades as art? The result is Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette.

The Voice and Its Village

Tom Carson

September 07, 2018

When I think about my two stints at the now-shuttered Village Voice—for which I freelanced regularly from the late seventies to the late eighties, returning as a staff writer from 1994-1999—one unexpected but apt word that keeps popping to mind is “fecund.” My ...

Something for Nothing

Nathaniel Friedman

September 05, 2018

Nike’s decision to feature Kaepernick in its upcoming sneaker campaign set off shockwaves throughout the world of sports and beyond.

America Shoots Itself

Scott Beauchamp

August 23, 2018

Joseph DeLappe's streaming artwork plays out American gun homicides in real time.

Queer Poserdom

G’Ra Asim

August 22, 2018

With an act of self-disclosure, Max Bemis of Say Anything has placed himself at the cultural margins—without assuming the risk or vulnerability of the marginalized.

Soundtrack to a Drug War

Matthew Ismael Ruiz

August 10, 2018

A DIY music scene in the Philippines sets itself against Rodrigo Duterte.