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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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

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The “American Tragedy” Murder, 1906

Notes on a killing

Harold Schechter

March 4, 2019

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Ode to my Father’s Boots

On aging

Cornelius Eady

February 28, 2019

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The “Sausage Vat Murder,” 1897

Notes on a killing

Harold Schechter

February 18, 2019

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Philip Roth, Landlord

A literary rentier

Terena Elizabeth Bell

February 4, 2019

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