The Adams Principle
How did cartoonist Scott Adams go from Dilbert to MAGA and what does the Cold War have to do with it?
Articles in Literature (4)
J.K. Rowling and the Limits of Imagination
The creator of Harry Potter could imagine the most marvelous fictional universe in children’s literature—yet she can’t imagine the inner lives of transgender people or the radical expansion of political possibilities.
Smells Like Team Spirit
A personal essay about childhood, popularity, trailer parks, and the meaning of class.
The Politics and “Pretentiousness” of Reading James Joyce
Is this modernist tome full of fart jokes and dense allusions worth all the irritating discourse around it? Brianna Rennix says yes.
The World of Wodehouse
A delightful place to enter. A risky world in which to live.
Sensationalist Exploitation Is Unnecessary
On the failures of “American Dirt,” the successes of “Lost Children Archive,” and how to write ethically about ongoing crises.
Sensationalist Exploitation Is Unnecessary
On the failures of “American Dirt,” the successes of “Lost Children Archive,” and how to write ethically about ongoing crises.
World Without Men
The wisdom and weirdness of feminist utopian novels…
Ishmael Reed Doesn’t Like Hamilton
The celebrated author on his new play, “The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda”…