Affonso Uchoa's and João Dumans's new film "Araby," shows that the worker's plight crosses time and space from 20th-century Ireland to present-day Brazil.
How James Joyce Shaped Brazil’s New Breakout Film, Araby
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A First Meal: In Memory of Jonathan Gold
Robert Abele remembers the "peculiarly joyous specialty born of eating with Jonathan Gold."
Teeth of the Matter: Notes from a Maggie Nelson Reading
Mattie Wyndham reflects on corporeality and freedom from shame at a Maggie Nelson reading of "Something Bright, Then Holes" at Skylight Books.
Rethinking the #MeToo Movement: Lessons from Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel, "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," offers a useful socio-economic framework for the #MeToo Movement.
Not Getting Away With It
Kelly Candaele, himself an identical twin, on the documentary "Three Identical Strangers."
Rencontres d’Arles 2018: Top Euro Photo Fest, Through a Lens Darkly
Michael Kurcfeld visits the international photography festival Rencontres D'Arles 2018, and sees it through the bleak lens of the modern cultural zeitgeist.
Our Own Idiosyncratic Version of the Same Ethno-Nationalist Dynamic: Talking to Amy Chua
Andy Fitch interviews Amy Chua about "Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations."
The Real Enemy In Gillian Flynn’s Works? Class.
Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick considers the undertones of class and economic power in the work of Gillian Flynn.
Paroxysm to the People: The Years of Learning Dangerously at Berkeley
Robert Andersen remembers UC Berkeley in the 1960s.
There Was No Up or Down: A Conversation with Kate Christensen
Andrew Ervin talks with author Kate Christensen about female friendship, failed vacations, and her most recent novel, "The Last Cruise."
