Ian Bogost advises readers to enjoy the analog enchantments of our digital age—but misses the role of gratitude.
Terri Ochiagha is a deeply perceptive literary scholar who has an exceptional talent for explicatory prose. Her voice is clear and lucid. Unquestionably, her body of work so far is immensely ...
But no, it’s not the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, though the resemblance is uncanny. (Just look at the photographs propped ...
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When I was in graduate school, one of my film classes read an essay by a sociologist named Tony Bennett — who was no relation I know of to the singer — that talked about “encrustation.” Bennett ...
Dr. Selvy Thiruchandran’s intriguing autobiography, The Journey that Shaped Me is an important addition to Sri Lankan feminist literature in particular and social history more generally. As a scholar, ...
This week’s story, “ The Readers ,” takes the form of a one-sided conversation between a male writer and a female therapist. He’s addressing her as he analyzes his feelings about a decision she’s made ...
His 1998 book, “Gotham,” which told the city’s story to 1898, focused on social and economic conflict. It won a Pulitzer ...
A team of aspiring tech entrepreneurs thought they could easily biohack a lobster's brain and have it be controlled by an AIagent.
From frontline reporting to a trailblazing comic novel and a prophetic dystopia, which of Eric Blair’s books is the best?
But the events of 1776 are harder for Boston to claim. After the British evacuated these parts on March 17, the action moved ...
Who remembers General Sir John Hackett? He was a distinguished soldier who in retirement wrote two popular novels, enjoyed by ...