Michiko Kakutani is interested in how the distinction between fact and fiction has blurred — and how this makes us all complicit.
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Free Solo
On the return of ‘Veronica Mars’ and the power of the solitary woman.
Posted inNonfiction
Seedy
Elizabeth Logan Harris recalls an incident in ’70s-era Radio City Music Hall when unwanted attention to her teenage body put her in league with her father.
Posted inNonfiction
Dispatch from Puerto Nowhere
Robert Lopez examines what it means to be an assimilated American from Puerto Rico, and what was gained and lost in the process.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Story
Bending the Straight Line of Queer History
Recent novels by Alan Hollinghurst, John Boyne, and Tim Murphy experiment with the idea of progress over time.
Posted inReading List
MFA vs. NYC: A Reading List
Poverty and a lack of diversity are just a couple of pitfalls Jacqueline Alnes explores in this list.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
Odetta Holmes’ Album One Grain of Sand
The singular singer released her groundbreaking album in 1963, the same year as the March on Washington, and used her art and appearance as weapons in the Civil Rights struggle.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Essays & Criticism, Feature, History, Nonfiction, Story
Let Me Show You the World
Almost everything you think you know about Aladdin is wrong.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Reading List, Story, Uncategorized
Pages You Can Dance To: A Book List
Either Martin Mull or Frank Zappa or Elvis Costello once said writing about music is as pointless as dancing about architecture. Which doesn’t account for how I’ve danced to all these books.
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Arundhati Roy: ‘The Point of the Writer Is To Be Unpopular’
The acclaimed author answers questions from our readers and famous fans on the state of modern India, the threat of AI, and why sometimes only fiction can fully address the world.
