Arts & Culture
When Superman deconstructs
Many have criticized the new film’s twist on its hero’s origin story. I found it powerfully resonant.
The costs of rebellion
Andor demonstrates that Star Wars is still one of our most compelling fictional accounts of imperial power—and the various means of resisting it.
Life’s mysteries, juxtaposed
Theresa Monteiro’s debut poetry collection delivers a cosmic vision that always bursts through the mundane.
The buried and the unburied
Richard Price’s latest novel follows four characters, each affected by the collapse of a tenement building in East Harlem.
A farewell to snow
Louise Erdrich’s Future Home of the Living God reminds me how much we have to mourn as we enter a climate dystopia.
Looking for healing in “the pitt”
The ER in Scott Gemmill’s medical drama is a virus-infected Petri dish of all that ails the body politic.