November with Animals
The sunflowers have gone to seed.A squirrel made off with the head of oneHolding it square in his little paws, like a sandwich.The laying hen won’t...
Rehearsal for Genocide
The war in Ukraine has simultaneously forced to the surface and upended the memory of a history that had fallen into oblivion. The past, we see...
‘The Ultimate Asian Woman’
“Envy,” the psychologist Peter van Sommers writes, “concerns what you would like to have but don’t possess,” whereas jealousy “concerns what you have and do not...
A Game of Low Stakes
If you are writing a comedy about imitation, plagiarism, or simply the monotonous sameness of so much contemporary literature, so much contemporary discourse, it makes sense...
Subjects of Considerable Gossip
Greta Garbo was born in 1905 in one of the poorest sections of Stockholm. She lived in a cold-water flat with no indoor toilet. Salka Viertel...
Great Book Subscription Boxes for Kids
As a kid, there were few things better than getting something just for you in the mail (maybe it’s because kids don’t get bills?). Whether it...
Query
For a volume of the letters of Susan Sontag, I would be grateful to hear from those who corresponded with her. Benjamin [email protected] Source : Query
‘Why Biology Is Not Destiny’: An Exchange
To the Editors: Marcus Feldman and Jessica Riskin did not like my book. Or rather, they did not like a book called The Genetic Lottery by...
Barnes & Noble Being Sued in Virginia Beach Over GENDER QUEER, COURT OF MIST AND FURY
Last week, Virginia Beach (VA) schools voted to remove Gender Queer from shelves. It came after school board member Victoria Manning complained about it and several...
“Severance,” “Severance,” and the Dissociative Demands of Office Labor
The design department at the tech company I worked for was suffering from a morale problem. Management saw the writing on the wall; our big happy...
