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June 10, 2016
Joyce Millman
Maya & Marty: A Courageous Throwback
Don't dismiss the variety show as "old person" TV.
June 10, 2016
Michelle Legro
Follow That Hamilton!
This weekend, photographer Jackson Krule pursues the musical as it makes its long-awaited journey to the Tony Awards.
June 10, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
This Is England: What Euro 2016 Means for a Country on the Brink
June 9, 2016
Esther Breger
Jennifer Lawrence will be donning a black turtleneck to play everyone’s favorite former billionaire.
June 9, 2016
Alex Shephard
Ian McEwan’s new novel is basically Look Who’s Talking.
June 9, 2016
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Brock Turner’s Privilege
The law should apply to all, everywhere, equally.
June 9, 2016
Jessica Johnson
The Tyranny of Taste
Once a function of class, taste has become an exercise in randomness. But isn't there anything still unique about us?
June 8, 2016
Esther Breger
Netflix released a “Binge Scale,” but it still won’t tell us how many people watch its shows.
June 8, 2016
Max Nelson
Radically Different Fictions of Fatherhood
New books by Max Porter and Adam Ehrlich Sachs take on the all-male family unit.
June 8, 2016
PodcastTim Grierson, Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 20: O.J.: Made in America, Popstar, and John Wick
June 8, 2016
Alex Shephard
Does Literary Criticism Have a Grade Inflation Problem?
Lit Hub's new ratings site exposes the flaws in the wider culture.
June 7, 2016
Olivia Solon
Smartphones Won’t Make Your Kids Dumb. We Think.
How vigilant should parents be about the amount and type of screen time their children have access to?
June 7, 2016
Erica Westly
When Softball Began to Play Hardball
Devised as an indoor sport for amateurs, softball has diverged into two different games—one slow, and one very fast.
June 7, 2016
Malcolm Forbes
How to Prosecute a War Criminal
Philippe Sands's new book is both a family memoir and a gripping courtroom drama.
June 6, 2016
Alex Shephard
Jonathan Franzen continues his campaign against cats by blurbing a book about how cats are bad.
June 6, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
RIP, Peter Shaffer.
June 3, 2016
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Do Our Stories Privilege the Upwardly Mobile?
America needs a new national story.
June 3, 2016
Alex Shephard
John Oliver has left “The Bugle,” the world’s best podcast.
June 3, 2016
Tim Grierson
Popstar: The Lonely Island’s Last Stand
Andy Samberg and co. gently parody the celebrity machine in 'Never Stop Never Stopping.'
June 3, 2016
Margaret Eby
Harry Crews’s Wild Ride
A new biography of the cult author shows that the most enduring character he created was his own.

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