Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year

ALT: Starving Alien Creature Close-Up

Joyce Carol Oates interviews her elusive Substack editor and arranger, Robert Douglas Friedman, about his new mystery novel, “Final Copy”

The church and artists must ally, he said, "to safeguard our humanity."

An Introduction

Taraneh and Romina Rahimi were charged with ‘waging war against God’ after joining protests against Tehran regime The family of 21-year-old twins who have been sentenced to death and decades in jail for protesting against the Iranian regime have appealed to the United Nations for help for the young women. A formal “submission of information” relating to the case of Taraneh and Romina Rahimi has been submitted by British human right lawyers on their family’s behalf. Continue reading...

A 9/11 short story

EVERYONE is invited!

From the exhibition Andy Warhol — From A to B and Back Again, on view at the Art Institute of Chicago through January 26: Andy Warhol, “Nine Jackies,” 1964. Whitney Museum of Amer…

From the exhibition Balthus, running through January 1 at the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, Switzerland: “Le Chat au miroir III,” 1989–1994. Oil on canvas, 220 x 195 cm. Private collection. Copyrigh…