There were a number of reasons to be skeptical when I arrived at a very expensive bar in Fort Greene to talk with Benjamin Kunkel about Utopia or Bust, his new collection of introductory essays about contemporary leftist theorists, ranging from the literary critic Fredric Jameson to the anthropolog Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended … Continue reading →

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Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass often makes its way into the hands of oversized American characters of, shall we say, uncertain repute. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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You’ve been planning to write that novel forever and yet you still haven’t done it. But you are determined, and if you’re not careful you might actually write the thing. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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Anecdote time! When I first started college, I went on a few dates with a guy I met at an event for the Indianapolis Urban League—the local division of a larger non-profit that focuses on under-served, traditionally black communities. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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This is the closed-circuit television footage from a second-hand shop in New South Wales, Australia, of a man in a thong who wanders into the back area of the shop, steals a Batman cape and mask, and proceeds to prance around the backyard for 40-minutes before being arrested. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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