Mattie Lubchansky

1 week ago | inthesetimes.com | Tom Tomorrow |Mattie Lubchansky |Jen Sorensen |Sam Wallman

Tom Tomorrow (Dan Perkins) is the creator of This Modern World, a weekly cartoon of political and social satire which has been a mainstay of the alternative press for more than two and a half decades. His work has also appeared in publications including The New York Times, the New Yorker, Esquire, Spin, Mother Jones, US News and World Report, the Economist, and many others. He is a two-time recipient of the Robert F.

Jan 16, 2024 | itsonlyzach.substack.com | Gerardo Sámano Córdova |Alison Rumfitt |Mattie Lubchansky |Zach Wilcha

I don’t watch horror movies. I don’t mind the occasional psychological thriller or suspense tale, but like the Supreme Court in 2000, I draw my personal line at gore. I wish I liked them! My friends seem to derive great joy from horror movies. I stopped the Scream franchise after the second installment, but many gay people have developed entire personalities around it. I trace my aversion to gory horror back to my childhood and two specific facts: 1. my family owned a funeral home and 2.

Dec 6, 2023 | tournamentofbooks.com | Julia Langbein |Jen Beagin |Justin Torres |Mattie Lubchansky

Coming March 6, 2024: the 20th year of the Tournament of Books. Which sure is a long time to do anything, much less trying—year after year, in vain—to convince 19 authors (and counting) to accept a live chicken as their trophy for winning this competition of ours. But the prize isn’t the point. Neither, really, is the Tournament, which began as a joke, evolved into a tradition, and has become—thanks to you—a month-long hotbed of vibrant literary discussion.

Nov 8, 2023 | discourseblog.com | Jack Crosbie |Mattie Lubchansky

Here is a quick prompt for you. An intellectual exercise, if you will. I am going to link to an image of an editorial cartoon that was published today in the Washington Post. I cannot place it directly in this blog because of copyright issues, and also because I think it is despicable and I don’t particularly want it on our website. That is how I feel about it; I would like you to consider how you feel. Here is the image. What do we think? Is this incisive political commentary?

Aug 30, 2023 | thenib.com | Mattie Lubchansky

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