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B-Sides: Albert O. Hirschman's "The Passions and the Interests
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (645+ words) publicbooks. org a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship B-Sides: Albert O. Hirschman's "The Passions and the Interests The Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph It is a short book, an elegant book, and an erudite…...
Migrant City: Payal Kapadia's "All We Imagine as Light
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (629+ words) a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship From afar, the protagonists" lives are seamlessly entwined with the rhythms of the city. We first see Anu and Prabha on a Mumbai local train. Anu sleeps with abandon, while Prabha stands at…...
We Are the Authors of the Story of Citizenship: Daisy Hern'ndez on America's Myth
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (849+ words) a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Daisy Hern'ndez's new book, Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth (Hogarth Press, February 2026), blends in-depth reporting with memoir to interrogate the very idea of American citizenship, highlighting notions of citizenship through exclusion, social…...
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1+ week, 1+ day ago (17+ words) Could I be an Asian girl? : Racist Fantasy in HBO's The White Lotus'Public Books...
The Waiting Is the Point: Time, Suffering, and Medicaid
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1064+ words) a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship In American health care, waiting is not just a burden. It is a tactic. The woman who waits six months for a home health aide, the disabled child stuck on a waiver list…...
Disaster Has Happened and Is Happening: Tara Menon on What the Novel Reveals
3+ week, 1+ day ago (804+ words) a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship ND: Am I remembering correctly that you were raised in Singapore? TM: I was raised in Singapore. ND: And lived for quite a while in New York. TM: Yes, I lived in New…...
The Once and Future Bathhouse
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1358+ words) Utilitarian public baths and pools once filled the world's cities, but now new expensive spas are taking their place. Has even bathing become a luxury? a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship The Once and Future Bathhouse Towards a Nude…...
Jazmine Ulloa on "El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory
4+ week, 23+ hour ago (232+ words) Public Books a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Jazmine Ulloa on "El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory We're back for season 4 of Writing Latinos! Our first guest is Jazmine Ulloa, a…...
There Are More Prisons in Heaven & Earth
4+ week, 1+ day ago (319+ words) a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship This most celebrated of philosophical fictions is not real, for it describes no place anywhere upon (or beneath) the earth. And yet, it is realer than real: for it describes every place, every…...
Frankenstein's Hideous Progeny
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (245+ words) a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship "A text is like a house; you have to move in," del Toro told Parul Sehgal of the New York Times Magazine. Now del Toro has moved into the house Shelley built'so long…...