Heir to Catholic modernists like G.K. Chesterton, the novelist Wilfrid Sheed aspired only to be a popular, minor writer. And, well, he certainly accomplished the second part. thebaffler.com/latest/the-cat…

Very cool to be in this canopycanopycanopy.com/contents/schem…

If you are or have ever called yourself a journalist, you should read and sign this letter, and affirm your commitment to protecting the press everywhere. Israel must stop killing journalists. protectjournalists.org

Open bar until 9

The first thing Bruce Robbins said after I started recording was "I remember doing one of these at this same table with Edward Said." Very grateful to Bruce for his forbearance, and for this book

pause and read this brilliant discussion of bruce's new book "Atrocity: A Literary History" by two of my favorite thinkers and friends, bruce robbins and grayson scott <3 (middlemarch mentioned also)

*That* said, there was, as far as I could tell, only one senior faculty, Bruce Robbins, who sat alongside students when organizers asked faculty to join. Today was supposed to be the main point of mobilization at Columbia and nationwide for Mahmoud, what gives fsjp-cbt?

A chance for me to vent about what's going on at Columbia, and not going on. thenation.com/article/societ…

Ranchers are letting herds run roughshod across the public lands of the American West. It’s a slow-moving environmental catastrophe. In our new issue, Christopher Ketcham reports on a man trying to stop them—through sabotage. thebaffler.com/salvos/wrenchi…

This place is hell but an excerpt from a poem sequence THE STREAMERS is out today in the always great The Baffler, in print and online

The United States is up to its ears in human rights violations in a place Americans know nothing about. Belén Fernández writes on the bombs dropping in Yemen. thebaffler.com/latest/deterre…

I have an essay up at The Baffler on the #SouthSudan visa imbroglio and the Trump administration's war on migrants: thebaffler.com/latest/territo…

For the The Baffler I wrote about the explosion of ICE-local agreements in Florida where sheriffs, highway troopers, city police, and even campus cops have been deputized to patrol around asking for papers. thebaffler.com/latest/force-m…

🇵🇸 Despite multiple attempts from CUNY public safety to take down the tents and assault the students, they are remaining steadfast and holding their ground for Palestine‼️ NYPD is on Brooklyn College campus. 🚨🚨🚨ALL OUT TO BROOKLYN COLLEGE RIGHT NOW‼️‼️‼️ 2900 Bedford Ave,

From ancient Rome to Eric Adams’s New York City, John Scanlan’s “The Idea of Waste” argues that all civilization is an attempt to make waste disappear. But, like anything we try to repress, waste returns in fantastical forms. thebaffler.com/latest/w-a-s-t…

Grayson knows balls. You’re going to want to read his piece on PBR (surprisingly not the beer) in our latest issue, now online

We, the staff of The Baffler, are proud to announce that we have formed a union with Workers United, NY NJ Joint Board. Read more about why we have formed a union here: 1/4