Seeing Things as They Are
Ken Silverstein is that rare thing in the world of today’s journalism: an old-school muckraker. The post Seeing Things as They Are appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleNever Reelect a Revolutionary
Political success menaces the populist. How can populists justify managing the very elite institutions they were meant to destroy? The post Never Reelect a Revolutionary appeared first on The Point...
View ArticleAgainst “Bernie Would Have Won”
There is a persistent political fantasy, one I have often fallen into myself, that equates having the right ideas/message with winning. The post Against “Bernie Would Have Won” appeared first on The...
View ArticleGet in the Crystal
When I saw the party announcement weeks ago I felt a sinking feeling and simply avoided it. At 10 p.m. on election night, after it had become clear which way things were going, I decided to go. The...
View ArticleSurviving the Script
There’s a story I know by heart. It’s a monologue I once performed often, about a woman named Laura. The post Surviving the Script appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleOnly Disconnect
Contemporary Turkish literature would look different if authors wrote soulful books like Atay’s. The post Only Disconnect appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleTop Ten of 2024
As 2024 comes to a close, we’re proud to present our most-read essays of the year, listed below in reverse order. If you enjoy these […] The post Top Ten of 2024 appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleTechnical Sacrality
In the long run, will Pasolini the novelist ever attain the canonical status accorded to Pasolini the filmmaker? The post Technical Sacrality appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleThoughts upon the Present State of the World
This is the final essay completed by the poet and literary critic James Longenbach (1959-2022), delivered as a lecture in January 2022. The post Thoughts upon the Present State of the World appeared...
View ArticleOnce, or Again
I knew Longenbach for more than three decades, first as his student and then as his editor and friend, and I am still discovering peonies in his poems where I thought there would be peacocks. The post...
View ArticleLast Boys at the Beginning of History
I expected to find something of a political sideshow at NatCon; instead, I found a movement, perhaps the only one I’d encountered during my time in D.C. The post Last Boys at the Beginning of History...
View ArticleA Good Party
We didn’t know her. What an opportunity. She could have said, been, anything. The post A Good Party appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleDegrading Intimacy
Not long ago, I was sitting on the floor in the middle of my living room looking at my shelves, thinking about the logistics of leaving my husband. The post Degrading Intimacy appeared first on The...
View ArticleDeep Breath
He put the book down. He felt embarrassed to be reading a great Japanese modernist on top of a mushroom. The post Deep Breath appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleThe Real People
Jan-Werner Müller is a political philosopher and historian of ideas who teaches at Princeton University. The post The Real People appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleAlt Lit
The thing that actually matters about a scene is the work it produces. So I decided to read the work. The post Alt Lit appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleEveryone Is Innocent
“You mean to say that when this war’s over, you expect us to start fighting all over again?” The post Everyone Is Innocent appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticlePerformance Trouble
After all, was it not true that I—that she—had desired to become a he? That hers was a desiring self coterminous with his—with my—“authentic” one? The post Performance Trouble appeared first on The...
View ArticleAmong the Post-Feminists
Even when sincerely believed, the “truths” of the post-feminists are alternative; their motives mixed, if not downright ulterior. The post Among the Post-Feminists appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleLeft-Wing Irony
How should the left counter right-wing irony, if not by adopting the same destructive rhetorical strategies as Trump, or else slipping back into its own contemptuous habits? The post Left-Wing Irony...
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