Craft

A Sum of Misunderstandings
Chris Leslie-Hynan crafts a slippery narrator—and an alternate basketball universe—in his debut novel

Propeller Q&A

"He misunderstands what he thinks of as black culture, he misunderstands women, and he misunderstands the bankrupted old-money background he's repping." A Q&A with Chris Leslie-Hynan on his debut novel, Ride Around Shining. more

Aisles

Out of Nothingness, Mina Loy Critics say that in Mina Loy's Insel, she's the narrator. She's not. She's the magic.

By Alan Limnis

Tell yourself you're creative, tell yourself you're an artist, tell yourself you're bold, a searcher, you act on your convictions, read Mina Loy's life story, sit down, shut up. more

Portfolio

Coast Time
James Herman's Driftwood Forts of the Oregon Coast is About More than Just Driftwood

Propeller Q&A

A conversation with artist James Herman about driftwood forts, his intriguing new book about them, and the design tradition of 1960s and 70s do-it-yourself publishing. more

Television

Throne of Adolescent "Prestige"
We've confused the marketing of Game of Thrones with its substance

By Danny Nowell

Game of Thrones is a clumsy and juvenile show, whose acceptance as an intelligent series has at least as much to say about the culture as the current popularity of Young Adult fiction. more

Speculative Cinema

Searching for Home in "The Rover"
Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson navigate a wasteland

By Nicholas Pierce

Humanity, as depicted in the film, is a collection of selfish, myopic individuals who feed on the earth like parasites, prizing their own survival above all else, even if surviving means existing in a wasteland... more

Politics

Too Early to Tell
Has America stumbled into a gilded age or its ancien regime?

By Jennifer Ruth

Timothy Geithner temporarily saved the economy, but the way he did exposed the lie that we live in a democracy. As writers on economics have noted in a number of recent titles, the wealthy are protected and the ordinary person flounders... more

Inquiry

My NPR is Not Your NPR
Curated News Gets Further Curated

By Benjamin Craig

NPR's new app promises users individualized curation of the news. It may be the NPR we want, but is it the NPR we need? more

Poetry

Four Prose Poems by Susan Lewis

"The Young Man (III)"
"After So Many Years"
"After Months"
"The Young Man (IV) more

Poetry

A Path Shaded by Miniature Fables
Remembering Russell Edson

Lucas Bernhardt, Zach Savich, Wendy Bourgeois, and Andy Stallings reflect on the work of poet and writer Russell Edson, who died in April. more

Talking to Ads

Penalty Tweets
Social media teams anticipate U.S. loss, seize the moment

by Pete Tothero

Within moments of the U.S. Men's Soccer Team's loss to Belgium, Twitter users had an opportunity to watch their screen fill with the cleverness misguided social media marketers had been waiting to unleash. more