Category: Culture

ANTIZIONIST ABECEDARIAN
by sam sax | Jan 4, 2020 | Poetrysam sax is one of the most dynamic new voices in American poetry. His first book, Madness, was selected by Terrance Hayes for the National Poetry Series, and his second, bury it, garnered the prestigious James Laughlin Award for a second book. Laughlin Award judge Tyehimba Jess writes: “sam sax’s urgent, thriving excavation of desire […]

Italy and Beyond
by Belén Fernández | Nov 2, 2019 | Culture, PoliticsOnce upon a time in Italy, a prominent citizen declared: “It is unacceptable that sometimes in certain parts of Milan there is such a presence of non-Italians that instead of thinking you are in an Italian or European city, you think you are in an African city.” In case the message was not crystal clear, […]

BLASPHEMY
by Martín Espada | Oct 21, 2019 | PoetryMartín Espada is a resourceful urban seer, alternately humorous, tender, and impassioned: a warrior poet who raises “dissidence” to a level of majestic art. An essayist, translator, editor, and former tenant lawyer, Espada is the author of more than a dozen collections, including The Republic of Poetry, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and most […]

Instagram Tea Leaves
by WS Editors | Oct 15, 2019 | Media, PoliticsIt was easy enough to find out what the pundits thought about the Sept. 12 Democratic debate, but what about the candidates themselves? How did they position their candidacies in the days that followed? A scroll through Instagram was instructive and also provided a glimpse of how that platform is being deployed as source for […]

Why “I don’t like his rhetoric, but I like what he’s doing with the economy” is not a good reason to support any leader
by Patricia Roberts-Miller | Sep 25, 2019 | Media, PoliticsThere are a lot of sayings that amount to a kind of folk pragmatism: “Might makes right.” “God helps those who help themselves.” “The ends justify the means.” “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” These are all ways of saying if you’re getting the outcome you want, then don’t worry about how that […]
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Artists Rally for Equality and Inclusion in Tennessee
March 20 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN
Presented by Live Nation
Featuring Allison Russell, Amanda Shires, Brittany Howard, Brothers Osborne, Hayley Williams, Hozier, Jake Wesley Rogers, Jason Isbell, Joy Oladokun, Julien Baker, Maren Morris, Mya Byrne, Sheryl Crow, The Rainbow Coalition Band, Yola and more TBA
A Benefit Concert for Tennessee Equality Project, Inclusion Tennessee, OUTMemphis and The Tennessee Pride Chamber in Partnership With Looking Out Foundation
Podcast
Listen to “Paranoia on Parade”, a 3-part audio podcast with commentary from author Dave Troy, Jack Bryan, director of the 2018 film “Active Measures," and Hamilton Fish, Editor of The Washington Spectator.
Editor’s Picks
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What It Means When DeSantis Plays God
By Dick Batchelor
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Republicans Mishandle First Oversight Hearing
By Louis Clark
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By Lisa Graves
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Trump’s Criminal Intent — Day Nine
By Jonathan Alter
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The Right Normalizes Anti-Semitism
By Charlie Sykes