Arts & Culture
Evelyn Wang saves the multiverse
Everything Everywhere All At Once reveals that on the other side of finitude is chaos—and love.
Is it possible to tell the complete history of libraries?
Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen try in their impressive but Eurocentric volume.
Rowan Williams weaves theological reflection and poetry into drama
Shakeshafte and Other Plays explores the messiness of language and meaning.
Turning Red and the terror and joy of female adolescence
Watching the Pixar movie alongside Euphoria and Yellowjackets made me appreciate the exuberant intensity of Mei’s embodiment.
A robot learns to be a child
The central character of Kazuo Ishiguro’s virtuosic 2021 novel is an “Artificial Friend” with a young girl’s body.