Criticism

The Bibi Who Cried Wolf

how a freighted word became a powerful smokescreen

Dec 20, 2025 • Gabriel Kahane

the perfect playlist

On Liz Pelly's 'Mood Machine' and the ethics of streaming

May 30, 2025 • Gabriel Kahane

461 words about the new deerhoof album

jotted in my notes app while walking around my neighborhood at dusk

May 20, 2025 • Gabriel Kahane

The Library of Babel

On infinite libraries, totalitarian propaganda, and a new song cycle

Nov 19, 2024 • Gabriel Kahane

A book always feels like a place I’ve been to

On reading, writing, and Elisa Gabbert's "Any Person Is the Only Self"

Oct 8, 2024 • Gabriel Kahane

Curiosity or Contempt?

Michael J. Sandel's 'The Tyranny of Merit,' and the search for the common good.

Feb 16, 2024 • Gabriel Kahane

Story of a Poem

a happy graveyard, a breeze, a ghost ship’s wake, a map in winter...

Jun 20, 2023 • Gabriel Kahane

Dancing about architecture

Some thoughts on Todd Field's Tár

May 17, 2023 • Gabriel Kahane

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