Painting will not stop missiles. Music will not end suffering. But culture is not powerless — and a visit to Ukraine reaffirmed what it can do at its best.
When you’re young, the pop culture you absorb becomes a kind of “parent.” Wesley Morris and the critic Margo Jefferson reflect on the icons who shaped them.
Novels from Jennifer Egan and Emily St. John Mandel, poetry by Ocean Vuong and nonfiction from Elizabeth Alexander. Plus: Did jealousy conceal the true inventor of the motion picture?