Dan Kois
Dan Kois Dan Kois

Dan Kois edits and writes for Slate’s human interest and culture departments. He’s the co-author, with Isaac Butler, of The World Only Spins Forward, a history of Angels in America, and is writing a book called How to Be a Family.

Future Tense
Nov. 8 2017 1:38 AMCan’t Handle 280-Character Twitter? Download Our Chrome Extension, 140.Dan Kois and Greg Lavallee
Brow Beat
Sept. 28 2017 7:33 AMAmy Ryan and Angus MacLachlan Talk God, Tobacco, and Abundant Acreage AvailableDan Kois
The Audio Book Club
July 31 2017 11:36 AMDo Not Become AlarmedMaile Meloy’s novel about privileged kids in peril is an adventure yarn with bite.Jacob Brogan, Dan Kois, and Katy Waldman
Brow Beat
July 25 2017 7:33 AMWhy We Shouldn’t Want Great Stage Actors to Make the Leap to FilmIsaac Butler and Dan Kois
The Slatest
May 29 2017 3:13 PMTexas Representative Sparks Capitol Near-Brawl After Bragging He Called ICE on Immigration ProtestersDan Kois
Brow Beat
May 26 2017 7:00 AMWatch Philip Pullman Introduce the First Excerpt From The Book of DustDan Kois
Brow Beat
May 8 2017 7:33 AMA New Character Is the Key to What Makes Guardians 2 Unique—and a Little ExhaustingDan Kois
Brow Beat
Feb. 27 2017 12:47 AMWatch the Incredible Twist Ending that Made the 2017 Oscars the Most Fun EverDan Kois
Brow Beat
Feb. 26 2017 5:00 PMHere’s the Order in Which the Oscars Will Be Awarded TonightDan Kois
Brow Beat
Jan. 24 2017 3:38 PMWere the Heroines of Hidden Figures Also Hidden in Apollo 13 and The Right Stuff?Dan Kois
Culture Gabfest
Dec. 21 2016 12:59 PMThe Culture Gabfest “Life Star Death Star” EditionSlate’s Culture Gabfest on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Search Party, and Stevie Wonder.Dan Kois, Stephen Metcalf, and Dana Stevens
Books
Dec. 8 2016 10:23 AMLost in TranslationAn American tries to connect in rural Japan in the conclusion of Lars Martinson’s ambitious, beautiful Tonoharu trilogy.Dan Kois
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Nov. 24 2016 7:00 AMMom and Dad Are Fighting: The Trump, Turkey, and Teens EditionListen to Slate’s parenting podcast on parenting in the age of Trump and the teen movie The Edge of Seventeen.Allison Benedikt and Dan Kois
Movies
Nov. 17 2016 11:56 AMFantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemIt’s great to be back in the wizarding world, even if Newt Scamander and his beasts are a little boring.Dan Kois
Brow Beat
Nov. 14 2016 2:56 PMDo You Find Most Books About Suffering in Isolated Provincial Hungarian Villages Neither Beautiful nor Pitiless Enough?Dan Kois
Brow Beat
Nov. 3 2017 1:15 PMDoes Thor: Ragnarok Have Sufficient Punching to Qualify as a Superhero Film?Jonathan L. Fischer, Dan Kois, and Dana Stevens
Always Right
Sept. 11 2017 5:50 AMWe Appreciate Your Patience. Welcome to Always Right, Slate’s Customer Service Blog.Dan Kois
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
July 27 2017 2:01 PMMom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Return of the Dan” EditionListen to Slate’s parenting podcast about what to tell the kids about the president.Nina Renata Aron, Dan Kois, and Carvell Wallace
The Slatest
May 29 2017 7:01 PMDonald Trump Has a Magnetic Personality and Exudes Positive Energy, According to Bananas White House StatementDan Kois
Brow Beat
May 29 2017 9:00 AMTake a Long Walk Through the British Countyside With “Slow Radio” on the BBCDan Kois
Family
May 12 2017 9:39 AMGoop TherapyHow I learned to love my kid’s obsession with slime.Dan Kois
Books
May 4 2017 7:19 AMRead the First Six Pages of the New Issue of the Award-Winning Comic Pope HatsGeorge Saunders loves Pope Hats. You will too.Dan Kois
Brow Beat
Feb. 26 2017 10:34 PMWatch Oscar-Winning Director Asghar Farhadi’s Powerful Protest Speech, Delivered in AbsentiaDan Kois
Brow Beat
Jan. 24 2017 5:06 PMHow Kubo and the Two Strings Landed a Surprise Visual Effects Oscar NominationDan Kois
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Dec. 22 2016 7:45 AMMom and Dad Are Fighting: The See Ya, Dan Kois EditionListen to Slate’s parenting podcast about school diversity and Dan Kois.Allison Benedikt and Dan Kois
Wonder Week
Dec. 20 2016 7:45 AMThe Greatest Beatles Cover Is Stevie Wonder’s “We Can Work It Out”He may be the only musician to play a Beatles song better than the Beatles.Dan Kois
Books
Dec. 6 2016 10:30 AMOur 10 Favorite Comics of 2016Dead superheroes, dissolute witches, dangerous trolls, lost lovers: the best in graphic storytelling.Jacob Brogan and Dan Kois
Movies
Nov. 21 2016 12:21 PMA Whole New WorldWith Moana, Disney’s third golden age gets its Aladdin.Dan Kois
Brow Beat
Nov. 17 2016 11:24 AMNewt Scamander Takes a Steamship to America? Riddikulus! He’s a Wizard!Dan Kois
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Nov. 11 2016 3:31 PMHow Should We Raise Daughters in Trump’s America?It’ll be hard, but this is one place to start. Dan Kois

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