Tag: criticism

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The World Was Just an Address

A. S. Hamrah

March 24, 2022

The Oscars are the abandoned auto show of the movie industry.

The Billionaire’s Bard

Rob Madole

March 16, 2022

On the rationalist fictions of Neal Stephenson.

The New Neurasthenia

Charlie Tyson

March 15, 2022

How “burnout” became the buzzword of the moment.

Forty-Four Thoughts for Cecil Taylor

Taylor Ho Bynum

February 22, 2022

A literary improvisation.

Cold Comfort

Kristen Martin

February 21, 2022

Sarah Manguso’s icy debut novel.

How Should a Person Tree?

Jack Hanson

February 14, 2022

On Sheila Heti’s creation myth.

Nevertheless, She Lifted

Meghan Racklin

February 07, 2022

In the late 1950s, Bonnie Prudden, a fitness instructor and researcher who played a key role in the establishment of the President’s Council on Youth Fitness, led an exercise program at a Westchester women’s prison. The program was advertised with posters in the prison ...

When Jobs Disappear

Kim Phillips-Fein

February 01, 2022

Indiana workers grapple with a factory closure.

Time Is a Rabid Dog

A. S. Hamrah

January 13, 2022

Pandemic cinema at the end of year two.

The Replacements

Rithika Ramamurthy

January 05, 2022

Amber Husain’s Replace Me turns the cultural logic of capitalism on its head.

Build Back Baffler

The Baffler

December 31, 2021

The Baffler looks back in anger at 2021.

Déjà Vu All Over Again

John Semley

December 23, 2021

The Matrix, resurrected.