Essays

Essays

Lessons of the Line

Charles Simic and me
Dana Levin
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Ucky Art

Judith Scott, Eva Hesse, and the visceral power of "texxture"
Lauren Elkin
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Unfathomable Life

As a philosopher, I thought I understood risk. Then I tried to get pregnant.
Anna Hartford
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Spiritualism’s Shadows

On COVID-19 and false consolation
Alicia Puglionesi
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Heat Maps

Desire in the dark
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
Objects of Desire

Jars with Well-Fitting Lids

Seeing loss more clearly
Catherine Lacey

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Alice and Jean

Is it possible to be an ethical consumer?
Jennifer Stock
June 1, 2022
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Camera Mortis

How photographs of the dead helped me mourn
Lili Hamlyn
June 1, 2022
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For Argument's Sake

In praise of high school debate
Becca Rothfeld
June 1, 2022
The Moment

The Physician as Patient

Medicine after COVID-19
Laura Kolbe
June 1, 2022
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The Spaces We Inhabit

How childhood influences architecture
Turner Brooks
May 2, 2022
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Que Será, Será

Conjuring a long-forgotten memory of my mother
Sven Birkerts
April 11, 2022
Pandemic Files

Lighted Windows in Lockdown

The visible and invisible lives of others
Ben Libman
March 14, 2022
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My Painting of Kyiv

Will the birthplace I love still exist for my daughter?
Maria Kuznetsova
March 12, 2022
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Communalism in the Veld

Rethinking property in South Africa
Glen Retief
March 1, 2022
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More Joy and Less Cool

What it means to be a skater
José Vadi
March 1, 2022