Essays

The Shapes of Grief

Witnessing the unbearable
Christina Sharpe

Palestinian Solidarity, Then and Now

The power of encampment as a form of protest
Feisal G. Mohamed

Louise Glück’s Late Style

The fabular turn in the poet’s last three books
Teju Cole

Jean Stein’s Rolodex

The legendary editor’s social genius
Benjamin Anastas

The Path to Playwright

Discovering my literary hero in an unlikely place
Sonya Kelly

The Frictions of Interracial Love

How one fundamental difference can color every aspect of marriage
Anne Anlin Cheng

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What We Leave

Stealing pants from a rockstar
Sara Schaff
April 15, 2019
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Cremation Society of Kentucky

A life in burned flesh
Raymond Abbott
April 8, 2019
Louie Bellson lighting Pearl Bailey's cigarette

Cultural Differences

How fictional portrayals of intermarriage haven't quite caught up
Jennifer Acker
April 1, 2019
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Music in the Second Person

Listening to Opus 110
Mark Mazullo
April 1, 2019
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Myth and Anarchy

Matthew Spellberg
April 1, 2019
A photograph of Ann Petry.

Nothing New Under the Sun

Ann Petry’s The Street and The Narrows
Emily Bernard
April 1, 2019
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The Hall-Mills Murder Trial, 1926

A consideration of death
Harold Schechter
April 1, 2019
A portrait by Picasso of Gertrude Stein.

“Sitting at the Table” with Stein and Ashbery

“An Occasion” for Thin[g]king
Karin Roffman
April 1, 2019
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“The Lonely Hearts Killer,” 1957-1958

Notes on a killing
Harold Schechter
March 18, 2019
Northern lights in blue and red on black sky

How After the Quake You Returned to What Was Lost

A brief moment
Éireann Lorsung
March 11, 2019