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May 19, 2020
Laura Marsh
The Flawed Fantasy of a Different Hillary Clinton
Curtis Sittenfeld’s novel “Rodham” imagines an alternative world in which Hillary never marries Bill.
May 19, 2020
Rumaan Alam
André Leon Talley Corrects the Record
His new memoir dishes about fashion legends like Anna Wintour and Karl Lagerfeld and also makes the case for his cultural legacy.
May 18, 2020
Ryu Spaeth
The Unsuitable Passions of J.M. Coetzee
The Jesus trilogy is an ambitious, unearthly reckoning with desire and disaster.
May 15, 2020
Jo Livingstone
A Beach Read With Teeth
In “All Adults Here,” Emma Straub skewers small-town bourgeois society.
May 15, 2020
Magazine
Kyle Chayka
The Minimized Life
The legacy of Donald Judd in a time of quarantine
May 15, 2020
Jennifer Wilson
The Great
’s Empowerment Problem
Hulu’s new show wants to portray an ultracompetent female ruler. But it fails to capture the real genius of Catherine the Great.
May 14, 2020
Magazine
Dean Baker
Building an Economy That Works Again
A practical blueprint for reform in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown
May 14, 2020
Magazine
Win McCormack
Mutant Liberalism
A threat to the community
May 13, 2020
Alex Shephard
Don’t Blame the Coronavirus for Quibi’s Failure
The blinkered logic of venture capital is written all over the new streaming service.
May 13, 2020
John Semley
Have a Good Trip
Demystifies Psychedelics
Netflix’s documentary captures the newfound acceptability of mind-altering substances.
May 12, 2020
Jo Livingstone
Al Capone, All-American Boogeyman
A new biopic reveals what the antihero of Prohibition can teach us today.
May 11, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Bittersweet Return of Sports
South Korean baseball and German soccer are reminders of how far we still are from normalcy.
May 11, 2020
Kyle Chayka
The Art of Staying Home
Kate Zambreno’s novel “Drifts” brilliantly evokes a hazy state of self-isolation.
May 9, 2020
Jo Livingstone
Michelle Obama Won’t Save Us
“Becoming,” a new documentary, obliquely reveals the ways in which this country did the former First Lady wrong.
May 8, 2020
Magazine
Kate Wagner
The Coronavirus Is Tearing Apart the American City
After the pandemic, the rich will barricade themselves further. National chains will supplant local businesses. And the gig economy will explode.
May 8, 2020
Heather Souvaine Horn
We’re All Preppers Now
Mark O’Connell’s book set out to explore survivalist subcultures. Then the pandemic hit.
May 6, 2020
Jo Livingstone
At Long Last, the “Queen of Folk” Gets Her Biography
A new book about the legendary singer Odetta comes not a minute too soon.
May 6, 2020
Magazine
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
Thomas Piketty’s Plan to Fix the Economy
His new book diagnoses a society obsessed with property rights.
May 6, 2020
Magazine
Lidija Haas
The Backlash Appeal of
Mrs. America
Why do we watch dramas about right-wing women?
May 1, 2020
Jo Livingstone
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Vintage Snooker
Let the classic billiards game charm its way into your viewing schedule.
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