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David Bowie and Other ‘Strange Stars’

David Bowie and Other ‘Strange Stars’

Jason Heller's Strange Stars, on David Bowie and sci-fi, is an exciting and loving look at a time when infinite wonder had a role in the pop music marketplace.

Weaponizing Culture

Weaponizing Culture

Curator and art activist Nato Thompson argues that culture is not just contested terrain, it is a tool used for asserting and maintaining power.

Shaking the Foundations of the Novel in ‘Lacking Character’

Shaking the Foundations of the Novel in ‘Lacking Character’

Curtis White gives a hilarious display of creative destruction.