Essays

Essays

The Shapes of Grief

Witnessing the unbearable
Christina Sharpe
The Moment

Palestinian Solidarity, Then and Now

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

Louise Glück’s Late Style

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

Jean Stein’s Rolodex

The legendary editor’s social genius
Benjamin Anastas
Essays

The Path to Playwright

Discovering my literary hero in an unlikely place
Sonya Kelly
Essays

The Frictions of Interracial Love

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

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Essays

From the Archives

G.B.S.—Mankind’s Friend

Thomas Mann
March 1, 1951
From the Archives

Germany and the Germans

Thomas Mann
December 1, 1946
Blue stamps from WWII ration book
Essays

Note on the Home Front

I shall never forget that first winter of gasoline rationing
Eve Riehle
September 1, 1945
A photograph of a London street during WWII.
Essays

After a Visit to England

London during the Blitz
Thornton Wilder
September 1, 1941
From the Archives

Tides of American Politics

Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr.
December 1, 1939
From the Archives

Two Antiquaries: Walpole and Cole

Virginia Woolf
March 1, 1939
From the Archives

Address at the Dedication of the Thomas Mann Collection at Yale University

Thomas Mann
June 1, 1938
From the Archives

Afterthoughts on Constitutions

Carl Becker
March 1, 1938
From the Archives

A Conversation About Art

Virginia Woolf
September 1, 1934
Propaganda poster of Leon Trotsky
From the Archives

Hitler’s National Socialism

Leon Trotsky
December 1, 1933