Ocean of Sound
Theo Spielberg appreciates Fatima Al Qadiri’s haunting score for the 2019 Senegalese film “Atlantics.”
Theo Spielberg appreciates Fatima Al Qadiri’s haunting score for the 2019 Senegalese film “Atlantics.”
Devin Griffiths reads Frank Herbert’s “Dune” as a novel of environmental protest.
On this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman talk about the ethics and politics of memoir in the wake of several recent...
Nine poets and critics commemorate the late Lyn Hejinian.
Sameer Pandya traces the path of E. M. Forster’s classic novel in his own passage to India.
Melina Moe writes about the rejection letters Toni Morrison sent as an editor at Random House.
Jimmy So analyzes what “Oppenheimer” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” have to say about America.
Chris Molnar considers what it's like to be a writer today.
Hans J. Rindisbacher ponders the work of the Black American expat Vincent O. Carter in his centennial year.
Cinematographer Michael M. Pessah surveys this year’s Oscar nominees in the category and considers the state of the art.
David Hering reviews Jonathan Glazer’s film “The Zone of Interest.”
Steffie Nelson surveys the recent institutional embrace of visionary women artists.
Brian Attebery offers a critical reflection on five of Ursula K. Le Guin's short novels, recently reissued by Library of America.
Michael Szalay compares apples and Apples in parsing the streamer’s strategy financially, aesthetically, narratively, and otherwise.
Hattie Lindert argues for David Cronenberg’s “Crash” as the ideal Valentine’s Day movie.
Genie N. Giaimo explores the need for more comprehensive guidance for writing centers during various crises of late-stage capitalism.