We need to dedicate ourselves to the art of dreaming.read more

She says the fighting must stop for everyone, including women. Guns and bombs, she says, are not improving women’s rights.read more

"It’s the stupidity that will really drive me away from this country." | Read his interview from 2006.read more

I loathe the band of comic brothers [and sisters] with their mealy-mouthed chickenshit excuses for rape jokes.read more

“The right was able to recast itself as a populist movement,” says the author and cultural critic.“This is the secret to conservatism’s success.”read more

“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is what happens when the nightmare of our nation’s past gets scripted as a Hollywood horror movie.read more

I decided to indulge myself with a classic: Horses by Patti Smith. Horses, with its striking portrait of Smith, taken by Robert Mapplethorpe. Horses, produced by John Cale at Electric Lady Studios.read more

“The media was supposed to be the watchdog for the regular folks, and now comedians have to be the watchdog of the media,” says the creator of The Daily Show.read more

Before the Oscars, check out these political awards. Best Choreography: Grover Norquist. Best Direction: The Koch Brothers.read more

Palestinian playwright Abdelfattah Abusrour's cultural center is an oasis.read more

Culture is an interesting, beautiful, contradictory thing. Music, fashion, ideas: they can be oppressive or expressive or both. Michael Cirelli breaks it down in this poem from his book "Lobster with Ol' Dirty Bastard," which looks at culture from every side of the dinner table. Dig in!

THE SPOKEN WORD ARCHIVE

“I’m always interested in the path of corruption,” says the Oscar-winning director about his latest film, Casino Jack.read more