Jonathan Kirshner reviews "Crashed," a "sprawling, ambitious, undisciplined, and often deeply insightful book" by Adam Tooze.
Adam Tooze’s Crashed: From the Global Financial Crisis to Know-Nothing Nativism
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Edith Wharton’s The Custom of the Country: Undine Spragg is the Female Donald Trump
A look at Edith Wharton's "The Custom of the Country" reveals how the main character, Undine Spragg, bares a striking resemblance to President Donald Trump.
The Comic Frame of Sławomir Mrożek: Or, How to Tell if You Live in a Totalitarian Country
A look into Polish writer Sławomir Mrożek's black humor illustrates how comedy and laughter challenge totalitarian rule.
Resister in Sanctuary: We Won’t Go
Louise Steinman on "WE WON’T GO: The L.A. Resistance, Vietnam and the Draft," at the Central Library’s Getty Gallery until August 19.
How James Joyce Shaped Brazil’s New Breakout Film, Araby
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.
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.
