Apoorva Tadepalli connects Walter Benjamin's radio broadcasts with his thoughts on the storyteller versus the novelist.
Reviews
Keep Your Dirty Hands Off My Nightmare, Quentin Tarantino
Kevin Dettmar reviews Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" and the obsession with historical retellings.
Growing Up with Original Plumbing
Caden Mark Gardner on the enduring power of pioneer transgender publication "Original Plumbing" at 10 years.
Birdsong of the South
Austin Adams looks at nature and sturdy Southern resolve in Margaret Renkl's recent "Late Migrations."
Designing for Death: On Hito Steyerl’s Drill
Bailey Trela looks at Hito Steyerl’s installation "Drill" at the Park Avenue Armory.
Beyond Compensation: Student Athlete and NCAA Exploitation
Nathan Kalman-Lamb reviews the HBO documentary "Student Athlete" and the unfair dynamic between payment and promise in college athletics.
Ducks, Summer
Alexandra Marraccini goes on a Twitter journey with "Ducks, Newburyport," Lucy Ellmann's ambitious 998-page single-sentence novel.
The Magic of Byrd Baylor’s Literary Odes to Nature
Monica Uszerowicz rereads Byrd Baylor's tranquil children's novel "The Other Way to Listen."
A Survey in Light: Mary Corse at LACMA
Natasha Boyd reviews the Mary Corse exhibition "A Survey in Light" at LACMA, on display now until November 11, 2019.
Renovating Hiroshima’s Atomic Memories
Jeff Kingston walks through the newly renovated Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
