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Halfway through Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel Passing, the book’s protagonist, Irene Redfield, is feeling uneasy. She has just had a tense argument with her husband. Now, watching him fiddle withContinue readingHow Netflix’s adaptation of Passing reflects the novel’s time — and ours

Myanmar’s military government intensified its crackdown on the country’s pro-democracy protest movement on Sunday, firing at demonstrators gathered in Myanmar’s largest cities, and killing at least 18 people, according toContinue readingAt least 18 protesters were killed amid intensifying pro-democracy demonstrations in Myanmar

Live theater is making its cautious return to New York City. Broadway is still keeping one eye on plans for a September opening and another on delta’s rising transmission rates,Continue readingAfter a lost pandemic year, live theater is back

Jonathan Franzen, the novelist who has been lauded and reviled as few figures in contemporary American letters ever are, has a new book out. Which means it is time, onceContinue readingThe rise and fall and rise again of Jonathan Franzen

The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top military advisers to the president, are heading into quarantine after a top Coast Guard official tested positive for the coronavirus. The vice commandantContinue readingTop US military officials are going into quarantine after exposure to Covid-19

In the Purity Chronicles, Vox looks back at the sexual and gendered mores of the late ’90s and 2000s, one pop culture phenomenon at a time. Read more here. ThereContinue readingJanet Jackson’s Wardrobe Malfunction erased an icon of unapologetic sexuality

To enjoy American reality television, you have to watch with the tacit understanding that the word reality is used … generously. Like, I still watch House Hunters even though I’veContinue readingThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has become a true crime doc

Jason Katims, the showrunner of Friday Night Lights, knew he had to be judicious when it came to deploying his show’s most famous catchphrase. That catchphrase, of course, is “ClearContinue readingOne Good Thing: Clear eyes, full hearts, please watch Friday Night Lights on Netflix

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of the best stories in the whole King Arthur saga, and one of the weirdest. Composed by an anonymous poet in theContinue readingThe magic, sex, and violence of the 14th-century poem behind The Green Knight

There’s something about the Mitford family — that famous family of Nazis and communists, satirists and journalists who became the fascination of English society in the mid-20th century — thatContinue readingThe new Pursuit of Love TV show means it’s time to remember the Mitfords