Curiously George

Trevor Paglen and the Art of Unknowing

With 'Cardinals' at Pace Gallery, Paglen embraces the anomalous.

Jul 29 • 

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All the Downtown Kids, Uptown

“s3xtechno” blurs the lines between dance, theater, and rave culture to rapturous effect.

Jul 9 • 

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May 2025

The Rosenbergs' Electric Shadow

The couple's legacy has become the site of disputes over civil liberties, justice, and political treachery.

May 4 • 

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April 2025

The Restrained Grief of Thom Gunn and Elizabeth Bishop

A close reading of two poets' confrontation with loss.

Apr 29 • 

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January 2025

Hannah Arendt, Ayn Rand, and the Totalitarian Question

Comparing the two thinkers reveals the urgency of philosophical precision in resisting authoritarianism.

Jan 9 • 

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The Dunes

A very short story about sand.

Jan 2 • 

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September 2024

Putin’s Escalating War on Press Freedom

Although press freedom in Russia has been declining for years, the war in Ukraine has ushered in a sharply more hostile environment for journalists to…

Sep 29, 2024 • 

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August 2024

Welcome!

In medias res.

Aug 28, 2024 • 

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"Barbara" (2012) Is A Disquieting Portrait of Surveillance in East Germany

Petzold’s account of East German history eschews simple condemnation or glamorization of the state, instead representing its complexity.

Aug 28, 2024 • 

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A Close Reading of James Baldwin In Two Parts

Practicing deep attention with “The White Man’s Guilt" and "Sonny's Blues."

Aug 28, 2024 • 

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The Allure of #BookTok

For all its flaws, publishers dismiss BookTok at their own peril.

Aug 28, 2024 • 

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Nietzsche, Suffering, and Hemingway

“Hills Like White Elephants” turns one couple’s pain into an engaging and beautiful literary puzzle for the reader to solve.

Aug 28, 2024 • 

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