Culture

Monsters at the Door

Emily Carroll’s debut book, Through the Woods, is full of doomed characters who often feel deserving of the grisly punishment coming their way. The stories are personal, in other words.

What Happened to Dick Tracy?

The yellow-suited detective once starred in America’s favourite comic strip. He’s still alive—but is he vital? How a U.S. Establishment icon became a kitsch artifact.

Is American Ninja Warrior Too Fun to be a Sport?

Like Wipeout, minus the schadenfreude and with a solemn appreciation of people with freakish upper-body strength.

How to Dress for the Financial Collapse: The Rise and Fall of Juicy Couture

In hindsight, 2008 may have been the wrong time to try to sell luxury loungewear with the tagline, "Let Them Eat Tracksuits."

|| Nick Nolte as Lionel Dobie in 1989's New York Stories
Real Fakes: The Challenges of the Fictional Artist

At the heart of Siri Hustvedt’s recent novel, The Blazing World, is a work of art conjured up for the story itself. Would the Man Booker-shortlisted book have been as successful if this fictitious exhibition didn’t seem real enough for our own world?