There’s a scene in the finale of True Detective’s third season that displays its protagonist Wayne Hayes (Mahershala Ali) rocking …
Once Was Lost: The False Promise of True Detective
Top Posts
Recent Posts
A Quiver of Quislings
Benedict Cosgrove proposes a new collective noun, "a quiver of quislings."
Bring Back the Feminist Cyborgs
Emma Goldberg examines the messy gender politics of household robots.
What Began as a Very Positive Image-Boosting Initiative: Talking to Elizabeth C. Economy
Andy Fitch interviews Elizabeth C. Economy about her book "The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State."
What Does it Mean for Los Angeles When the Frieze Art Fair Comes to Town?
Melissa Karlin examines the staying power of contemporary art fairs in Los Angeles.
On Being Relevant in Fiction: A Conversation Between Novelists Katrin Schumann and Chip Cheek
Katrin Schumann and Chip Cheek discuss their books, "The Forgotten Hours" and "Cape May."
Radical Tenderness: Talking with Moriah Benton about the Queer Babes of Cartoons Zine
Kelly Peyton interviews Moriah Benton about her anthology project "Queer Babes of Cartoons: A Fanzine."
Unlearning Poetry with Pat Parker
Mona Kareem meditates on the poetry of Pat Parker, and her longtime friendship with Audre Lord.
The Woman Reborn: John Rechy’s The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gómez As an Answer to Simone de Beauvoir’s The Woman Destroyed
Marilyn Macron reviews John Rechy’s "The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gómez" in light of Simone de Beauvoir’s The Woman Destroyed."
Books for the People! A Day at the Kolkata Book Fair
Liesl Schwabe explores the upholding of Bengali literary traditions at the 43rd International Kolkata Book Fair.
