Books, Arts, and Culture

“Putin is our main recruiter,” Elisa Jakson said to me, gesturing at a formation of a hundred or so new members of Naiskodukaitse, the women’s branch...

When I was pregnant with my first child, I rode my bicycle well into my third trimester, grateful for the weightless ease of wheels on pavement,...

Early in the twentieth century there lived in Greenwich Village a few hundred women and men who were bent on making a revolution not so much...

Another day, another shit show involving J. K. Rowling; I’m starting to think there’s a schedule.  I’m not a Potterhead, so I have no skin in...

Noir has long been obsessed with books—books as objects, as evidence, as repositories of the past, and occasionally as glimpses into other worlds of possibility. It’s...

When it comes to writing, oftentimes less is better. Learning how to shorten your sentences can give your writing the flow it needs to hook readers....

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So you’ve seen Jordan Peele’s Nope and you’re looking for what to read next? Here are a few ideas. Warning: minor spoilers connected to the themes...