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Little Pieces of Metal
December 10, 2020
On Philip Metres’s poetry of war and reconciliation.
Come on Now, Boys
December 08, 2020
Words for Maxim Znak, detained in a Belarusian prison.
Left-Wing Hypomania
December 07, 2020
There is perhaps no more American expression than “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” The political versions of this aphorism range from the barbaric dictate that you should never criticize unless you have a prepackaged “solution” to ...
For Heaven’s Sake
December 07, 2020
On the tangled history of Christian communism.
Fresh Hell
December 04, 2020
He’s All That (A Public Health Menace)
Reality Bites
Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, and the pursuit of literary fame.
Hero to Zero
Concern for essential workers becomes a casualty of pandemic fatigue.
Great Latinxpectations
December 03, 2020
The convenient mythology of 2020’s “Latino vote”
#Wrapped and Sold
‘Tis the season for social media feeds peppered with free advertising for Spotify
Fishbowl Fetish
December 02, 2020
These bleak scenes of the ecological devastation make for an unbeatable ad campaign.
Ruins of a Memory Palace
November 30, 2020
On Judith Schalansky’s imaginative archives.