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My Mother’s Oysters

by Rosanna Warren,

Recollections of Breton summers

The Gods of Logic

by Benjamín Labatut,

Before and after artificial intelligence

Metal Machine Music

by Laurent Dubreuil,

Can AI think creatively? Can we?

What Goes Up

by Andrew Lipstein,

Does the rise of index funds spell catastrophe?

The Prophet Who Failed

by Emily Harnett,

After the apocalypse that wasn’t

Masters of War

by Thomas Meaney,

In search of the new world order in Munich

The Life and Death of Hollywood

by Daniel Bessner,

Film and television writers face an existential threat

Wherein the author spends a decade acquiring knowledge of country and/or western music, Elvis’s stillborn twin, Bidenomics in the wild, bathroom cruising, wax statuary, race relations, and the soul of the nation

The Eviction Experts

by Mya Frazier,

Can a city stop a housing crisis?

Jacob’s Dream

by Frederick Kaufman,

MAGA meets the Age of Aquarius

The Case Against Children

by Elizabeth Barber,

Among the antinatalists

The Holocaust Angle

by Rebecca Panovka,

How a group of NIMBYs rewrote Alderney’s history

The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Problem

by Andrew Cockburn,

How Big Tech is losing the wars of the future

Theater of War

by Sabiha Çimen,

Israel’s War Within

by Bernard Avishai,

On the ruinous history of Religious Zionism

And It Was So

by Marilynne Robinson,

Creation in Genesis

Getting the Pump

by Jordan Castro,

On the resurrection of the body

Saturn Return

by Andrew Weil,

Scenes from the life of a psychedelic pioneer

The Museum of Broken G.I. Joes

by Matt Farwell,

When soldiers come home

Behind the New Iron Curtain

by Marzio G. Mian,Translated by Elettra Pauletto,

Caviar, counterculture, and the cult of Stalin reborn

Trapdoor

by Kathleen Alcott,

Where the past overtakes you

The Hofmann Wobble

by Ben Lerner,

Wikipedia and the problem of historical memory

Your Mind’s in the Hands of Everything

by Hannah Gold,

Letting go of Philip Roth

Risky Disco

by Sara Hendren,

A sensory workshop bridges the gap

Mere Belief

by Sallie Tisdale,

Sliding down the curve of forgetting

The Machine Breaker

by Christopher Ketcham,

Inside the mind of an “ecoterrorist”

Four Men

by William T. Vollmann,

Keeping company with outdoor people

The Tragedy of Volodymyr Zelensky

by Michael C. Desch,

Beyond the Ukrainian president’s finest hour

The Spy

by Rachel Cusk,

On seeing without being seen

Features

My Mother’s Oysters

Korean Hearts

The Gods of Logic

Metal Machine Music

What Goes Up

The Prophet Who Failed

Masters of War

The Life and Death of Hollywood

The Branson Pilgrim

The Eviction Experts

Jacob’s Dream

The Case Against Children

The Holocaust Angle

The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Problem

Theater of War

Israel’s War Within

And It Was So

Getting the Pump

Saturn Return

The Museum of Broken G.I. Joes

Behind the New Iron Curtain

Trapdoor

The Hofmann Wobble

Your Mind’s in the Hands of Everything

Risky Disco

Mere Belief

The Machine Breaker

Four Men

The Tragedy of Volodymyr Zelensky

The Spy

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My Mother’s Oysters

Korean Hearts

The Gods of Logic

Metal Machine Music

What Goes Up

The Prophet Who Failed

Masters of War

The Life and Death of Hollywood

The Branson Pilgrim

The Eviction Experts

Jacob’s Dream

The Case Against Children

The Holocaust Angle

The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Problem

Theater of War

Israel’s War Within

And It Was So

Getting the Pump

Saturn Return

The Museum of Broken G.I. Joes

Behind the New Iron Curtain

Trapdoor

The Hofmann Wobble

Your Mind’s in the Hands of Everything

Risky Disco

Mere Belief

The Machine Breaker

Four Men

The Tragedy of Volodymyr Zelensky

The Spy

August 2024

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