Beneath the Paving Stones, the River | Alex Tan
Is the novel an apt vessel for a commitment so continuous, so exhausting?
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A Whole New World | Madeleine Adams
Automation is everywhere now, and it was Disneyland that made it part of your world.
Tabula Raza | Corinne Leong
Rachel Khong is dedicated to generating narrative conditions under which race can be dissected ad infinitum, by whatever means…
Rent Check Opera | Francis Northwood
Freezing the rent only alleviates tension on one side of the equation.
Topical Malady | Emily Rose Apter
Can we shed the bonds of bourgeois morality and look self-annihilation in the face?
Slipshod Paradise | Chelsea Kirk
From the smoggy flatlands, the Palos Verdes Peninsula can seem like paradise—but there’s a big problem underfoot.
Generational Recurse | Brianna Di Monda
Vigdis Hjorth’s project carries the psychological signature of autobiography—while actively disavowing the genre.
The Culture We Deserve | Janna Shaftan
It is the role of the critic and the artist to go against all that is well-pedigreed, right-minded, and hopelessly inert.
We Bought an Orchestra | Jeffrey Arlo Brown
Why did all this energy, skill, and money flow into a concert led by a conducting neophyte?
Red Noir | Harilaos Stecopoulos
Jim Thompson recognizes noir as a genre whose violence is a means of acknowledging inequities and injustices.
A Portrait of the Artist as an Artist Portraying the Artist | Adrian Nathan West
The seduction of the topical has dogged Ben Lerner since his first poetry books.
Eyes of Lillian Bassman | Philip Gefter
The photography of Lillian Bassman may belong to the genre of fashion—but her eye was much larger than her subject.
Betting the Farm | Diana Kruzman
In Ukraine, the corporate consolidation of farmland poses risks—to both small farmers and the sustainability of agriculture.
Yugoslavia Calling | Lily Lynch
If the “short twentieth century” began in Sarajevo, perhaps it ended in Bosnia too.
I’m Not Done With You | Mary Turfah
You cannot harm a corpse, though you can use it to harm others.
Given This Reality | Mary Turfah
“Who are these people? Why did they come here?”
For Betar or Worse | Hannah Gais
Under the guise of fighting antisemitism, the Trump administration has turned to groups like Canary Mission and Betar.
What Do I Have in Common with Jews? | Avi Ackermann
Benjamin Balthaser’s “Citizens of the Whole World” reduces the political horizons of the Jewish diaspora.