Readings

David Graeber, an anthropologist and key figure in the Occupy Wall Street protests, dissects the deeply undemocratic origins of America and the meaning of anarchy in this excerpt from his book The Democracy Project.

One hundred years after Denmark installed a forlorn sculpture of the Little Mermaid, the siren-like myth’s many forms and tellings continue to fascinate and draw us in.

In Taipei, Tao Lin's third novel and seventh book, the protagonist takes drugs, falls in "love," and sits down for an interview with a 22-year-old journalist. Here, that journalist—or rather, the woman she's based on—speaks with Lin once again.

San Francisco-based writer Rebecca Solnit’s wide-lens perspective and undulating prose is not nearly as renowned as it should be.