Austin Adams reviews Asiya Wadud's debut collection, "Crosslight for Youngbird."
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Visions of the Homeland: The AfD, Bavarian Identity, and the German Heimat Debate
Leading up to October 14, the AfD and CSU put forth their cases on how they’ll protect Bavarian identity and Heimat from non-German migrants and leftists.
Once the Code Gets Out: Talking to David E. Sanger
Andy Fitch discusses the nuclear arms race and the future of cyber conflict with David E. Sanger, a national-security correspondent for the New York Times.
Read Some Ethnography, Bro
Kate Reed Petty on pickup artists and the potential of ethnography in Rachel O'Neill's "Seduction."
The Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Turns 130
Los Angeles's Ruskin Art Club celebrates its 130th anniversary this month.
What a Girl Wants?: On Assassination Nation
Zoe Dubno reviews "Assassination Nation," a "miasma of gore, teen ass, and fake-woke political thought."
Brett Kavanaugh and the Politics of Memory
Nicholas Miriello on Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation: "those who’ve been privileged to forget will continue to outweigh those who’ve long been carrying the burden to remember."
Art Inside: Painted Windows
For her Art Inside series, Annie Buckley reflects on the Arts Facilitator Training, a program for incarcerated individuals to lead classes for their peers.
Knausgaard and War and Peace
Bob Blaisdell struggles with Tolstoy and Knausgaard.
In Defense of Sierra Burgess
Despite criticisms, Marlena Trafas argues that “Sierra Burgess is a Loser” portrays deep truths about plus-size teenage insecurity.
