Pop Music’s Version of Life Doesn’t Exist Anymore
What good are songs about touch and sweat during a pandemic?
A Quick Guide to Streaming Movies While in Quarantine
You don’t have to wander the overwhelming vaults of Netflix and Hulu to find something to watch.
The Hidden Bigotry of Crosswords
The popular puzzles are largely written and edited by older white men, who dictate what makes it into the grid—and what is kept out.
The Best Kind of Food to Cook During a Pandemic
I chose risotto, but any recipe that requires your full, constant attention is a good distraction from anxiety.
Ode to Social Distancing
A poem for Tuesday
An Ode to Fallibility
Instant replay is ruining sports.
The Problem of the Pandemic Movie
The 1995 film Outbreak offers a narrow vision of heroism during an epidemiological crisis. That message is ill-suited to the realities of the coronavirus.
Say Goodbye to Movie Theaters
For now.
It’s All So … Premiocre
What do fake Eames chairs, extra legroom, and $40 scented candles have in common?
Megan Thee Stallion’s Sweet Defiance
The 25-year-old rapper’s new EP, Suga, makes it easy to root for her—and for her potentially industry-shifting lawsuit against her label.
Capitalism’s Favorite Drug
The dark history of how coffee took over the world
A Poem for Sunday
After Canto XIII of the Inferno
A Sight
The Irresistible Drama of Becoming Who You Want to Be
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film, his first set outside of Japan, showcases the great director’s signature theme.
Shakespeare Wrote His Best Works During a Plague
The qualities for which live theater is celebrated—audiences responding with laughter, tears, gasps, and coughs—accelerate its danger. But the Broadway shutdown could be good for plays.
The Books Briefing: Turning to Fiction to Cope With Fear
The literature of disasters: Your weekly guide to the best in books
Edge of the World
A short story
Souvankham Thammavongsa on the Inner Lives of Children
“The present is always haunted by the things that have happened in childhood.”
A Deeply Personal Movie With a Pointed Political Message
Never Rarely Sometimes Always follows a teenager’s attempt to terminate her pregnancy in a sober, artful story that never feels like a polemic.
Why Trump Intentionally Misnames the Coronavirus
When conservative figures continually refer to the “Wuhan virus” or “Chinese coronavirus,” it’s clear they’re doing it to make a point.
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