Poet Gerald Fleming pours ice water on displays of martial pride.
Poet Carine Topal finds resistance even in the most crushingly authoritarian society.
This is a poignant tale of remembering parents in trouble, careers dashed and of steady FBI harassment. The end is not happy, except that the boy survives and makes his own life as an admired cultural commentator on radio.
Poet Suzanne Cleary sneaks a peek into the production of art in a theocratic society.
What Benedict Anderson’s classic account of nationalism’s origins misses about today’s world.
In a time of crisis, the Academy is offering a bulwark of humane consensus, though its blind spots remain.
Once upon a time, Americans riding the rails could choose menus of charbroiled steak, golden French toast, and prunes.
The first season of Mo, comedian Mo Amer’s Netflix show, was a funny, moving look at life as a Palestinian immigrant in the US – then 7 October turned everything on its head. He talks about ceasefire hopes and why he can’t stop crying
This book, now published in an updated second edition, and this review, from eight years ago, are stark reminders of a major factor behind both of Donald Trump's presidential victories.
"We are not belonging to anybody or to any party. We are artists, filmmakers from Gaza, who want to tell our stories to the world because what’s going on is not fair. We want the people to understand."
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