Essays

Essays

Lorraine Hansberry’s Queer Archive

The playwright’s lesbian fiction has gone largely unpublished. But she wanted you to read it.
Alec Pollak
Essays

Notes on Affirmation

SFFA v. Harvard and the quest for acceptance
Thomas Dai
Essays

This Part of Our Lives Is Over

Sending my daughter to Japan
Emily Bernard
Essays

New York Anabasis

In praise of the return to the surface
Rachel Eisendrath
Essays

Unfathomable Life

As a philosopher, I thought I understood risk. Then I tried to get pregnant.
Anna Hartford
Essays

James Baldwin in Turkey

How Istanbul changed his career—and his life
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

Browse

Essays

Essays

Ucky Art

Judith Scott, Eva Hesse, and the visceral power of "texxture"
Lauren Elkin
November 6, 2023
A stack of old issues of The Yale Review. Courtesy Pentagram
The Moment

Again On the Slaughter

A response to the Israel-Hamas war
Peter Cole
November 2, 2023
A stack of old issues of The Yale Review. Courtesy Pentagram
The Moment

Speaking Unspeakable Words

A response to the Israel-Hamas war
Feisal G. Mohamed
November 2, 2023
Tribute

Louise Glück

Poet of October
Langdon Hammer
October 23, 2023
Tribute

Louise Glück

A genuine gift for friendship
Rachel Mannheimer
October 19, 2023
Tribute

Louise Glück

Making an art of conversation
Sam Huber
October 19, 2023
Tribute

Louise Glück

A poet you couldn’t hide from
Aria Aber
October 19, 2023
Tribute

Louise Glück

The poet who taught me to write books
Meghan O’Rourke
October 18, 2023
Books

Lou Reed Didn’t Want to Be King

A new biography tries to pin the rocker down
Hannah Gold
October 16, 2023
Essays

Are Twins Kinda Gay?

What Dead Ringers reveals about pop culture's latest obsession
Helena de Bres
October 9, 2023