Readings

The Neglected Legacy of Amor De Cosmos

Canada’s Conservative government is trying to rewrite the country’s history books, ostensibly in an attempt to elevate the militaristic, and likely at the expense of its lesser-known iconoclasts. When will essential figures such as B.C.’s Amor De Cosmos get their due?

Brooklyn’s National Anthem

The National have gone from artists’ artists to stadium headliners, just as their borough has gone from artists’ enclave to centre of the creative universe. Both have come to represent a certain kind of ambition. Where does it end?

Sartre and the Boyfriend Philosophers

On NYRB’s new Jean-Paul Sartre collection, and those who act as if they always have something else to teach us.

||Eddy Merckx
The Cyclist as Cannibal

The story of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong isn’t just about the greatest doping conspiracy in sports history—it's about the nature of corruption. In this excerpt from Braking Bad: Chasing Lance Armstrong and the Cancer of Corruption, author Richard Poplak asks what kind of man is best fit to excel at the Tour de France.

Marie Calloway, Degrading Sex, and Books About It

Marie Calloway doesn't just write about sex, she writes about brutal, porn-inspired sex that's both exciting and troubling. As a young, attractive woman who writes so freely about it, it's no wonder she's a target for fierce criticism.