Essays

Case Studies

A critic tracks herself

Margo Jefferson

Theater of Shame

The rise of online humiliation

Charlie Tyson

Tender Light

The bond between photography and narrative

Emmanuel Iduma

Remembering Benares

The city that inspired The Romantics

Pankaj Mishra

The Rest of the Story

Remembering childhood

Carolyn Forché

The Path to "River See"

How improvisation and ancestry shape a playwright's work

Sharon Bridgforth

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Essays

Spiritualism’s Shadows

On COVID-19 and false consolation

Alicia Puglionesi

September 1, 2022

The Politics of Anger

Putin and the psychology of rage

Josh Cohen

September 1, 2022

Theater of Shame

The rise of online humiliation

Charlie Tyson

September 1, 2022

PenErik, Doublement, 2014, via Creative Commons

We Are Our Choices

The consequences of being severed from your True Self

Nuar Alsadir

July 25, 2022

The Feminism of Elizabeth Hardwick

What happens when care becomes work?

Apoorva Tadepalli

July 18, 2022

Akron State of Mind

Did I betray my friends by moving to the suburbs?

William Evans

July 11, 2022

The Ghost of Henry Dumas

Since his mysterious death, the poet's spirit has haunted my family

Treasure Shields Redmond

July 11, 2022

The Abortion Stories We Tell

Do we need to be more radically honest?

Maggie Doherty

June 24, 2022

A Glass Essay

Reading Anne Carson post-breakup

Sarah Chihaya

June 1, 2022

Alice and Jean

Is it possible to be an ethical consumer?

Jennifer Stock

June 1, 2022

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