Music Snobbery and the Case for Pop
By Lily Hu
The HPR's first symposium of Café B&A studies the ideas and objectivity of Steven Pinker in his new book.
By Michael Cotter, Joshua Lipson, and Caitlin Pendleton
Grave of the Fireflies and Apocalypse Now showed malnourished toddlers and heads on stakes; Call of Duty shows badass special ops troopers shooting terrorists and riding snowmobiles.
By Ethan Loewi
Even in the military, there are glimmers of the hubris and self-confidence that elite institutions can breed—especially in deep secrecy.
By Jonathan Yip
The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency by Randall Kennedy
By Galila Gray
There are difficult and complex parts of the human experience that neither science nor even the most basic comforts can address.
The narratives of "Wild Swans" explain how the Revolution has shaped China's culture.
"Trotsky’s logic had been, with the revolution, everything is possible."
What e-readers have to offer to the reading experience
Grave of the Fireflies and Apocalypse Now showed malnourished toddlers and heads on stakes; Call of Duty shows badass special ops troopers shooting terrorists and riding snowmobiles.
Even in the military, there are glimmers of the hubris and self-confidence that elite institutions can breed—especially in deep secrecy.
HPR culture writers share a sampling of insights on Russian literature, high school party movies, and more.
The HPR's first symposium of Café B&A studies the ideas and objectivity of Steven Pinker in his new book.
The HPR reviews "Once Upon a Car: The Fall and Resurrection of America’s Big Three Auto Makers" by Bill Vlasic.
"Our Patchwork Nation: The Surprising Truth About the 'Real' America" by Dante Chinni and James Gimpel