Jonathan Kissam·Jul 19, 2017Watching ourselves watch each otherA couple of weeks ago I read David Foster Wallace’s essay on television and American fiction, “E Unibus Pluram,”* and I have been turning…
Jonathan Kissam·Jul 5, 2017Secret Histories of AmericaI was a true child of the 80s. I have very few memories that go back before 1980. In fact, one of my earlier memories can be definitively…
Jonathan Kissam·Jun 12, 2017Keep the red flag flying: notes on the British electionLike most of the U.S. Left, I was extremely heartened by the British elections last Thursday. I have been, well, not terribly optimistic…