The street art of the pandemic “tell[s] us about our shared political realities, the people we coexist with in social space and the ways in which our stories and fates are tied together.”
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Reading Cities as a Flâneuse
You were drawn to many cities but Paris is very much central. Given the overlap between existing places and the … More
The Bad Faith of the Nobel Prize
To be a Nobel laureate, however, is to allow “people” to define who one is, to become an object and … More
Cheryl Boone Isaacs on Nate Parker Controversy
When approached by TMZ at an airport, Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs insisted that it is important for people to judge the film … More
Segregating the Rich
A new study indicates that cities are segregating the rich from everyone else. [C]ities have always had rich and poor … More
Read War and Peace in Four Days
In Russia, yesterday marked the first day of what will be a week-long marathon reading of Leo Tolstoy‘s War and … More
Turn My Family History into a Sob Story: On Contemporary German Literature
“Contemporary German Lit (CGL): Last time I checked, everybody’s favorite genre was ‘Watch me turn my family history into a … More
What Stanley Fish Learned from Milton
When someone once accused Lionel Trilling’s politics of being “always in between,” Trilling replied that “between is the only honest … More
Crown Hall in Bronzeville
Crown Hall represents a battle. It stands where an apartment building called the Mecca once anchored Bronzeville, the heart of … More
Goodbye David Carr
I always liked the “Sweet Spot” feature David Carr and A.O. Scott did for a while a few years ago. … More
One-Way Street 