The Comic Books That Taught A Generation Of American Teens About The Holocaust
“You can never forget, can you, Carl Reissman?” Those are the first words of “Master Race,” a 1955 comic by Bernie Krigstein, Al Feldstein and Jack Davis. Spoken by an…
The Civic Dreams Of Idra Novey’s ‘Those Who Knew’
Election Day and book publication day in the U.S. fall on Tuesdays. So Idra Novey’s sophomore novel, Those Who Knew, about a corrupt and misogynistic progressive senator in an unnamed…
Kristen Roupenian’s Prison Experiment | HuffPost
In 1971, Stanford psychologist Philip Zimbardo hired 18 young people for what was intended to be a two-week experiment: In a mock prison in the basement of Stanford University, he…
Kristen Roupenian’s Prison Experiment | HuffPost
In 1971, Stanford psychologist Philip Zimbardo hired 18 young people for what was intended to be a two-week experiment: In a mock prison in the basement of Stanford University, he…
The Civic Dreams Of Idra Novey’s ‘Those Who Knew’
Election Day and book publication day in the U.S. fall on Tuesdays. So Idra Novey’s sophomore novel, Those Who Knew, about a corrupt and misogynistic progressive senator in an unnamed…
The Comic Books That Taught A Generation Of American Teens About The Holocaust
“You can never forget, can you, Carl Reissman?” Those are the first words of “Master Race,” a 1955 comic by Jack Davis and Al Feldstein. Spoken by an omniscient narrator,…
Mitch Albom Is Still Writing Shockingly Gory Heaven Porn
For a book as tiny and gentle-looking as Mitch Albom’s The Next Person You Meet in Heaven ― a cover awash in soft blues and baby yellow featuring a pen-and-ink…
Gary Shteyngart’s New Book Spills Tea And Sympathy For The White Male Banker
Before he became a wealthy hedge fund manager, a luxury watch collector, or a man in crisis, Barry Cohen was a bookworm from blue-collar beginnings, an aficionado of Hemingway and…
This Year’s Hot New Self-Care Regimen: Sleeping Through The Whole Thing
It’s the summer of 2018, and America seems sapped of hope. We swap self-care techniques and links to “Abolish ICE” petitions with equal desperation. Sometimes, as Tina Fey suggested on…