Mother May I
November 29, 2022
Vigdis Hjorth’s reality fiction.
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Dream Houses
November 28, 2022
Utopian schemes to “solve” the housing crisis.
Misspent Youth
There’s no “correct” way to be young.
Remembrance of Things Present
November 22, 2022
On the Sankofa Film and Video Collective.
Life in the Fap Lane
November 21, 2022
Reevaluating the work of John Barth.
Fresh Hell
November 18, 2022
Aguirre, the Wrath of Gab
“There is no space for symbolic structure,” sputters the Slovenian philosopher, “and this is really the paradox of psychoanalysis.” “In a way,” demurs the Bavarian filmmaker, “Freud also had something to do with literature.” The duo ...
Odorless Animals
Does this world at least have odds and ends?
The Look of a Loser
Even Republicans are having doubts about the return of Trump.
Toothache, Bleeding, Farewell
A personal history of the Siege of Sarajevo.
Shirley Hazzard’s Republic of Letters
November 16, 2022
For Hazzard, life and literature were warp and weft.
Dead Ascending a Staircase
November 15, 2022
The first major monument of the data-harvesting era.
Goodbye to All That
November 14, 2022
Slouching towards the auction block.