Caitlin Johnstone Jun 27, 2023 I’m going to be auctioning off the painting I did of Julian Assange’s father for my entry into the Archibald Prize portraits contest as part of a benefit event for the campaign to free Assange. All around the world there have been events […]
“Black talk is again on the move in Lover Man, a newly reissued collection of melancholy stories by Alston Anderson originally published in 1959,” writes Darryl Pinckney in a review from our July 20, 2023, issue. Pinckney situates Anderson in the tradition of black American novelists who write with vernacular […]
Caitlin Johnstone Jun 20, 2023 Listen to a reading of “The Levittowns” (reading by Tim Foley): They sent the soldiers back after a crazy, stupid world war which was the sequel to another crazy, stupid world war, sent them back with demons in their minds, with twisted corpses […]
Following the indictment of Donald Trump on June 9, for the unauthorized hoarding and occasional disclosure of classified documents and national defense information, Fintan O’Toole wrote an analysis of the Justice Department’s case and the implications of Trump’s alleged crimes: “Trump went to great lengths to retain for […]
Walter Kirn and Matt Taibbi on the 1961 story and its relationship to the Kennedy Assassination, Trump, and digital censorship Matt Taibbi Jun 18, 2023 Vonnegut at home. From “America This Week,” the free transcript of this week’s story discussion. This week, “Harrison Bergeron” by the great Kurt […]
Sponsored by NYU Press Google is effectively one large index, at least according to Fara Dabhoiwala, who reviews a history of the index in the June 22, 2023, issue. And like the Internet, he writes, the development of this research tool inspired a great deal of anxiety “that flighty, superficial […]
Sponsored by Hirmer Publishers Fintan O’Toole The Ultimate Deal Trump’s hoarding of official secrets is both breathtakingly careless and utterly calculated. Gary Saul Morson Death and the Hedgehog With his conversion to his own highly distinct form of Christianity, Tolstoy made a religion of universal love, forsaking violence, laws, […]
Some thoughts on wokeness and the arts. Andrew Sullivan Jun 9, 2023 Halle Bailey attends the UK Premiere of The Little Mermaid at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on May 15, 2023 in London. (Joe Maher/WireImage) Out of a no-doubt misplaced sense of civic duty, I went to see […]
Episode 127 with Touré Krystal Kyle & Friends Jun 9, 2023 This week on KK&F, a deep dive into our guest Touré’s incredible new project: the history and politics of hip-hop, looking at everything from the development of record label ownership to the political commentary of 1980s hip-hop […]
Hitler reacts to Netflix’s new series called “Queen Cleopatra” in which Cleopatra is depicted as a black woman.
Editors note: Due to a technical error, you may have received an extra newsletter from the Cut this afternoon. We apologize for any confusion and have addressed the issue to prevent it from happening again. Ever since Yellowstone premiered in 2018, it has been referred to in the […]
Bill Cosby Faces Assault Allegations Again Comedian Bill Cosby was again accused of assault in a new lawsuit… Read More… Four Children Die in Fire After Dad Leaves Them Alone Four young children tragically lost their lives when a fire swept through their apartment building in Memphis, Tennessee. Read More…
Fairly late in the editing process for “The Binge Purge,” our insider report on the miserable state of the TV industry, we had a problem: What do you do when you have this many apocalyptically good quotes? Answer: Stack ’em up at the top. The story, by Joe […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley The worst thing that can happen to any minority in this twisted empire in decline is to be integrated into the official zeitgeist of mainstream history because that inevitably means being neutered post-mortem and turned into some taxidermy […]
Sponsored by Bodleian Library Publishing Linda Greenhouse Not How He Wanted to Be Remembered Two decades passed before the ghosts of the Rosenbergs came back to haunt Irving Kaufman, the judge who sentenced them to death. Ingrid D. Rowland The Divine Guido A new exhibition at the Prado dispels […]
Noah had the right idea. Matt Taibbi Jun 4, 2023 In the series on writing tricks of the trade: Rule #2: Memorize the animal adjectives list. A Thesaurus is a great tool, but the only time you should use it is to complete an already-sent mental signal, […]
Our June 22 issue—the University Press Issue—is online now, with Fara Dabhoiwala on the ingenious index, Ingrid D. Rowland on Guido Reni’s questing soul, Rachel Donadio on Nathalie Sarraute’s sensual eviscerations, Steve Coll on the Taliban’s second emirate, Jessica Riskin on the poisoning of Jane Stanford, Ruth Franklin […]
It always had to end this way. But even Mark Mylod didn’t want the Succession finale spoiled for him until he absolutely needed it to be. “If I know too much, I’m worried I’m going to start skewing that way and giving little pointers, because it’s irresistible on […]
“At about 7:15 on the morning of June 30, 1908,” writes Sophie Pinkham in The New York Review of Books’s June 22 issue, a “bright, mysterious object fell from the sky in a remote area of Siberia, near the Stony Tunguska River.” The ensuing explosion—from what was eventually determined to be a […]
Setting down a lifetime of this trade’s tricks, one a time Matt Taibbi May 30, 2023 I decided a few months ago that with the practical aim of downloading a lifetime of information before my mind goes the way of my hairline and hoop game, I would start […]
Roger Waters bares his soul and pens Pink Floyd’s best song, and one of the greatest songs ever written. I hope my scenes from the movie Pink Floyd – The Wall do it justice.
Germany investigates Roger Waters for incitement to parody Matt Taibbi May 29, 2023 Pink Floyd star Roger Waters gave a concert in Berlin on Wednesday, May 17, and last week we learned German officials responded by investigating him for “suspicion of incitement of the people.” Berlin police sent […]
By Katherine Donlevy British rocker Roger Waters defended himself Friday after German police launched an investigation into the Pink Floyd co-founder over the Nazi-style costume he wore to a concert in Berlin last week. “We are investigating on suspicion of incitement to public hatred because the clothing worn […]
Tina Turner’s story is part of the pop-culture bedrock, one told and retold so frequently that even the most pedestrian music fan can recite all the ugly twists and turns. Instead of recounting that tale in full, Vulture’s Craig Jenkins uses his remembrance to hone in on how […]
“Commentary on privilege, capitalist exploitation, racism and social inequality, all perfectly encapsulated in single illustrations so cutting that they deliver their message through easy wit rather than anger…. Hoff’s plea for a more equitable world remains as relevant now as it was in 1935.” —Andy Oliver, Broken Frontier […]
What will be the biggest movie of the summer? In the afterglow of last year’s Top Gun: Maverick, another Tom Cruise win at the box office is not unlikely. But that movie’s astounding success, and the enduring appeal of a fighter pilot named Pete Mitchell, was hardly universally […]
Sponsored by Duke University Press Larry Rohter The Inventor of Magical Realism It remains a mystery why Miguel Ángel Asturias’s brilliant novel Mr. President remains less well known in the English-speaking world than the many novels it inspired. Anna Shechtman Wages for Housewives The Real Housewives’ work is to produce drama, […]
June 16, 1948, was the beginning of the twelve-year conflict that would come to be called “the Malayan Emergency” by British colonial troops and “the Anti-British National Liberation War” by the predominantly ethnically Chinese Communist fighters seeking to overthrow them. Five thousand civilians died, and as much as […]
View in browser Subscribe May 13, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Before we begin: It’s Mother’s Day tomorrow in the US and Canada. If you’re in need of a last-minute gift, our reviews team has some picks for you. For today’s edition, we’re taking a look at the “crisis” inside […]
Caitlin Johnstone May 11, 2023 [A breakfast table in America. TOM and JANE are eating breakfast and drinking coffee. JANE is reading the news on her tablet while TOM works on a crossword puzzle.] JANE: [Sips coffee, sighs] Another mass shooting. TOM: [Not looking up] Mmm, yeah. Des […]
Paris Hilton Shocked by What She Saw Outside the Met Gala The Met Gala, a star-studded event, turned into a scene of protest… Read More… Ex-Fox Host Tucker Carlson “Preparing for War” Tucker Carlson will not go down without a fight and is currently reportedly “preparing for war” […]
Newsletter Sponsored by 2X Media 9 Possible Christ Figures In Narnia The beloved series The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis has been treasured for over half a century, but did you know the books are actually allegorical, too? They are! In fact, you can find traces of […]
One last ironic art exhibit before the world ends forever Rachel Haywire May 10, 2023 AI has taken center stage lately. From wild hot accelerationism to apocalyptic doomerism, it seems like everyone suddenly has an opinion on Artificial Intelligence now that OpenAI has let the bot out of […]
He’s the New York actor as well known for his fights with the paparazzi as for 30 Rock and Beetlejuice. She’s the faux-Spanish momfluencer more famous for her seven little Baldwinitos than for her career as a yoga teacher. When Alec Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter in […]
Caitlin Johnstone May 9, 2023 Listen to a reading of “Headless Hounds” (reading by Tim Foley): Headless hounds from Boston Dynamics. Headless hounds from Raytheon. Headless hounds in our nightmares huddled shivering under US flags beneath a night sky whose stars were replaced by satellites and drones. Headless […]
Caitlin Johnstone May 7, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Years ago I watched a video clip by a philosopher named Ken Wilber that I still find myself referencing from time to time. In it, Wilber is asked about the plight of […]
Sponsored by University of California Press Willa Glickman The Fight for Fair Wages America’s lowest-paid workers are at a breaking point, and grassroots labor organizing may offer the only way out. Michael Hofmann Bewitched by Goethe In Johann Eckermann, Goethe found an amanuensis made in heaven. Jed S. Rakoff […]
Caitlin Johnstone May 3, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): So U2 singer Bono is literally just doing illustrations for the imperialist propaganda rag The Atlantic now, because that’s the sort of thing that happens in a dystopian civilization during the death […]
Sponsored by California State University, Northridge In the Review’s May 25 issue, Adam Hochschild looks at The Hillsdale 1776 Curriculum, “a fascinating, detailed picture of [Republican politicians’] dream educational agenda” that “starts from the premise that ‘America is an exceptionally good country.’” He examines the 3,268 pages of this history—written by officials at Hillsdale […]
Sponsored by CUNY / Leon Levy Center for Biography Jarrett Earnest Art Is a Drug General Idea’s art was poised on a razor’s edge between complicity and critique; it is an inescapable precedent for thinking about artistic production in the twenty-first century. Piper French A Housing Crisis in Paradise […]
Sponsored by University of California Press In September 2022 Bret Easton Ellis, who in the 1980s had been, alongside Jay McInerney and Donna Tartt, one of the leading lights of an informal group of writers known as the literary Brat Pack, published The Shards, his first novel in thirteen […]
How a theater queen in search of fame jumped on the trans bandwagon and won. Andrew Sullivan Apr 21, 2023 I’ve largely ignored the entire Bud Light tempest in a toxic teacup because social media outrages and brand boycotts come and go and tend to leave little trace […]
Sponsored by HarperCollins When Pope Innocent II decided to remodel the venerable church of Santa Maria in Trastevere in 1140, he borrowed from the monuments of ancient Rome with deliberate and spectacular intent. For him, these tangible traces of another era were charged with meaning, majesty, and beauty, telling […]
Sponsored by Harvard University Press Marina Warner Temporale During the pandemic I picked up the Catholic missal of my childhood, and it made me think again about its function: marking the passage of time. Martin Filler The Architect and the Rock Star Two new books of personal photographs, one […]
(Illustration: National Review) “In 1623, two of Shakespeare’s former theatrical colleagues, John Heminges and Henry Condell, produced what is surely the greatest compilation in human history.” As Daniel Hannan writes in “How Shakespeare Changed Everything,” the new cover story of NATIONAL REVIEW, Heminges and Condell “gathered […]
Cathleen Schine ‘Binding and Building’ America Maxine Hong Kingston’s best work has a timeless quality, fresh, beautiful, horrifying, bursting with myth and fantasy and nagging reality. Negar Azimi Wilder, Riskier, More Generous A new collection demonstrates that Cookie Mueller was not just another avant-garde It Girl of the […]
Caitlin Johnstone 6 hr ago New song by me: Lyrics: Good morning Mr Newspaper, for your enquiry, thank you kindly you want to profile me? How wonderful, I must say, you surprised me! Let’s have an earnest tete-a-tete on the dangers of realpolitik Oh, what’s that you wanna […]
E. Tammy Kim The Safe Harbor The longshoreman labor leader Harry Bridges may no longer be widely known, but his philosophy of inclusive, democratic unionism imbues much of today’s most ambitious organizing campaigns. Miranda Seymour Consider the Publisher Behind Mary Wollstonecraft was a courageous publisher and his network […]
1 People are loving Drew Barrymore’s live reaction to her first perimenopause hot flash It feels safe to say that many, if not most people hail Drew Barrymore as the “Queen of Candid.” She can seemingly talk to absolutely anyone about anything in a way that’s consistently warm […]
His most popular book, The Enormous Room, was recently reprinted for its 100th anniversary. Richard Kostelanetz | From the April 2023 issue (Photo: Bettmann/Getty) The Enormous Room, by E. E. Cummings, New York Review Books, 288 pages, $16.95 Exactly a century after it first appeared, E.E. Cummings’ novel […]
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