With shows like “The Chair,” a fresh group of storytellers are using college life to explore — and lampoon — privilege and identity.
Tag: Books and Literature
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Whatever Happened to Identity Politics?
A conversation with the philosopher Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò about how “elite capture” has changed the conversation about social justice.
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Martha Wainwright Tells a Few Stories She Might Regret
With a new memoir, the singer-songwriter from a famous musical family says she is happy to be “letting go of this story of being No. 4 on the totem pole.”
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Why We Collect
A conversation about the urge to accumulate treasured items and the stories objects can hold.
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Francis Fukuyama Predicted the End of History. It’s Back (Again).
In a new book, the political theorist offers a stout defense of liberalism against threats from left and right — and predicts that Ukraine will revive “the spirit of 1989.”