Critical Mass: This week in TNR’s books and culture

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The best of TNR’s arts and culture coverage

How the GOP Became the Party of Resentment

Have historians of the conservative movement focused too much on its intellectuals?
By Patrick Iber

The much-celebrated debut novel is representative of a younger generation’s approach to age-old dilemmas.
By Josephine Livingstone

The Trump era has birthed a distinct new genre of political writing: irate, forgettable, and strangely complacent.
By Colin Dickey

Barry Gewen’s biography is an exercise in downplaying the critics and justifying the abuse of power.
By Jim Sleeper

Two books offer different approaches to the changing relationship between humans and nature.
By Josephine Livingstone

Johnny Depp and Mark Rylance play the enforcers of empire in the film based on J.M. Coetzee’s novel.
By Lidija Haas

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