Matt Hanson

Matt Hanson is a contributing editor at The Arts Fuse, Boston's online independent arts and culture magazine. His work has also appeared in The Baffler, The Guardian, The Millions, The New Yorker, and elsewhere. He lives in New Orleans. www.hansonmatthew.com

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big & tall

Can We Tame the He-Man Woman-Haters Club of World Politics?

The gang of macho strongmen in power across the globe—from Putin to Orban to Xi to Modi—keeps getting bigger. Getting rid of them is the tricky part.

Matt Hanson

SKELETON KEYS

She Says Our Family Trees Throw Shade on the Sanitized Past

In “Ancestor Trouble,” Maud Newton probes her family’s past, which includes racists, fundamentalists, and a man who married 12 women. She talks to The Daily Beast about her search.

Matt Hanson

TERRIFIED AND LOVING IT

David Thomson Wants to Talk About Why We Adore Disaster

The celebrated film critic talks to The Daily Beast about his book that explores why we love disaster movies and apocalyptic scenarios, even when they invade the Oval Office.

Matt Hanson