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
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Louise Glück’s Late Style

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

The legendary editor’s social genius
Benjamin Anastas
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The Path to Playwright

Discovering my literary hero in an unlikely place
Sonya Kelly
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The Frictions of Interracial Love

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

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A Moral Education

In praise of filth
Garth Greenwell
March 20, 2023
Tribute

Charles Simic

Remembering a great poet and friend
Meghan O’Rourke
January 13, 2023
Annotating the Archives

Eliot Among the Ruins

The Waste Land remains prophetic, but what did it foretell?
Langdon Hammer
December 12, 2022
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A Faceless Compass

Johannesburg’s haunted streets
Ivan Vladislavić
December 6, 2022
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Bottle Torches

A fantasia on Nari Ward
Ishion Hutchinson
December 6, 2022
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Case Studies

A critic tracks herself
Margo Jefferson
December 6, 2022
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Reclaiming Tituba

The real story behind Arthur Miller's character
Winsome Pinnock
December 6, 2022
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Remembering Benares

The city that inspired The Romantics
Pankaj Mishra
December 6, 2022
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Tender Light

The bond between photography and narrative
Emmanuel Iduma
December 6, 2022
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The Path to "River See"

How improvisation and ancestry shape a playwright's work
Sharon Bridgforth
December 6, 2022