Books
Poems About the Business of Being a Poet
Kent Johnson skewers the silliness of the swarming poetry world.
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Music
The Heavenly Queens of R&B
Sharp, smooth, smoky new albums from Toni Braxton, Chloe x Halle, Ariana Grande, and K. Michelle.
Art
Required Reading
* The CDC revealed Santa Claus is immune to COVID. * Architect David Adjaye discusses his plans with Alex Marshall of the New York Times for an institution to house looted treasures on their to return to Nigeria: There have been calls for a museum housing the Benin Bronzes in Nigeria for
Art
Required Reading
This week, the US Government is still into classical architecture, Mary Trump talk about her uncle's loss, the new Google logos are terrible, Baby Yoda's frog problem, total landscaping for all seasons, and more.
Film
Karen Russo's Films Explore the Manipulative Power of Nazi Imagery
The filmmaker associates Third Reich ideology with the potential to lose oneself in fascination and obsession.
Art
A David Wojnarowicz Documentary Honors the Gritty, Glorious Chaos of His Life
In Wojnarowicz's work, as in his life, testing the limits of artistic categories and systemic and institutional power was central to his impassioned vision.
Books
A New, Feminist Translation of Beowulf
Maria Dahvana Headley’s breathtakingly audacious and idiomatically rich Beowulf: A New Translation is a breath of iconoclastically fresh air blowing through the old tale’s stuffy mead-hall atmosphere.
Books
History According to the Comic Book
Where indelible images restlessly bond with the ambiguity of words.
Art
What Is Bruce Nauman for?
It is neither easy nor especially relaxing to spend time with Nauman.
Art
Eric Fischl’s Privileged Bubble
Fischl finds a visual bond between the seclusion of the affluent white world and the pandemic’s enforced isolation.
Books
The Poetry of Love and Textspeak
Simina Banu’s poetry celebrates those who speak of love and loss in the language of emojis and memes, and have had our hearts broken by a text message.
Film
Kiyan Williams Digs Into the Meaning of Soil
In her film on view at the Shed, the artist explores dirt's unsettling aesthetic effects, as well as its conceptual resonances.