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Back to SearchPatti Smith on Her Memoir “Bread of Angels,” Fifty Years After Her Début Album, “Horses”
Patti Smith’s album “Horses” came out fifty years ago, on November 10, 1975, launching her to stardom almost overnight. An anniversary reissue came o…
9 months, 1 week ago
What Resistance Means to Governor J. B. Pritzker
Few Democratic officials have been more outspoken in opposition to the Trump Administration than J. B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois. He seems a…
9 months, 1 week ago
From In the Dark: “Blood Relatives”
The New Yorker contributing writer Heidi Blake has been investigating a new story for the Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast In the Dark. This season is …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Jon Stewart on the Perilous State of Late Night and Why America Fell for Donald Trump
Jon Stewart has been a leading figure in political comedy since before the turn of the millennium. But compared to his early years on Comedy Central’…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
It’s Not Just You: The Internet Is Actually Getting Worse
“Sometimes a term is so apt, its meaning so clear and so relevant to our circumstances, that it becomes more than just a useful buzzword and grows to…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Zadie Smith on Politics, Turning Fifty, and Mind Control
Since Zadie Smith published her début novel, “White Teeth,” twenty-five years ago, she has been a bold and original voice in literature. But those wh…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Richard Linklater on His Two New Films, “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague”
Richard Linklater is one of the most admired directors working today, and yet moviegoers may admire him for very different things. There are early co…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
How the Trump Administration Made Higher Education a Target
The swiftness and severity with which the Trump Administration has tried to impose its will on higher education came as a shock to many, not least un…
10 months ago
John Carpenter Picks Three Favorite Film Scores
The filmmaker John Carpenter has a whole shelf of cult classics: “They Live,” “The Thing,” “Escape from New York,” “Halloween,” and so many more. And…
10 months ago
Zohran Mamdani Says He's Ready for Donald Trump
Next month, New York City may elect as its next mayor a man who was pretty much unknown to the broader public a year ago. Zohran Mamdan, who is curre…
10 months, 1 week ago