June 18, 2025
Jonathan R. Goodman— Recently, I ran my daily Google search about my upcoming book, Invisible Rivals, expecting the pages I’ve seen about it before. But this time there was something… READ MORE
June 16, 2025
Rosa Mistika is a Swahili classic by one of Tanzania’s most revered writers, Euphrase Kezilahabi. It was banned upon publication in 1971 and translated into English by Jay Boss Rubin… READ MORE
June 13, 2025
The following is an excerpt adapted from “Frida Kahlo and Mary Reynolds: A Surrealist Drama in Five Acts” by Caitlin Haskell in the book Frida Kahlo’s Month in Paris: A… READ MORE
June 12, 2025
Joseph Bristow— Gill: I daresay. there is another poem, described as “two Loves.” It contains these lines: “Sweet youth, Tell me why, sad and sighing, dost thou rove These pleasant… READ MORE
June 11, 2025
We assembled an all-star group for this podcast discussion about the Richard Diebenkorn Catalogue Raissoné of Prints. In the episode, we talk about the process of creating a catalogue raisonné… READ MORE
June 10, 2025
The elegant triumphal arch that graces the southern end of Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza near Prospect Park bears few obvious hallmarks of the fraught process that brought it to fruition…. READ MORE
June 6, 2025
Michael Pettis— In our book Trade Wars Are Class Wars, Matthew C. Klein and I argue that the root causes of global trade imbalances—and the tensions they create—are not primarily geopolitical conflicts between… READ MORE
June 5, 2025
madison moore— One common misconception about fabulousness is that it is just about gay men channeling femininity. That’s because in a post–RuPaul’s Drag Race moment men in drag are seemingly… READ MORE
June 4, 2025
Calvin Schermerhorn— “I felt no real safety South of Canada,” Henry Goings recalled as he gazed at Canada across the Detroit River, “for there is none to the colored man… READ MORE
May 27, 2025
The Holy Innocents by Miguel Delibes is a shattering tale of oppression and resistance during Franco’s dictatorship, by a beloved Spanish novelist. Below, translator Peter Bush discusses the work’s themes,… READ MORE
Super Heroes, Self-Corruption and the State of Humanity
