Folios

The Future of Nationalism

Four writers dissect its complex past—and its uncertain path forward

Announcing the Winner of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize

The Yale Review and Yale University Press are thrilled to announce that Jonathan Gleason is the inaugural winner of the prize for his manuscript Field Guide to Falling Ill, selected by Meghan O'Rourke.
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Poems on the Divine

Nine poets at the edge of the signifiable

Poems of Lovesickness

Nine poets on eros and longing

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The Waste Land at 100

Selections from the archives

Dictee at Forty

The life and legacy of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Resisting Category

New Spanish-language fiction in translation

Pandemic Files

Life under quarantine
Image of COVID-19 virus. Graphic by Bianca Ibarlucea.

Black Hauntology

The ghosts that endure

Ownership

The complexities of property

A New Direction in American Poetry

Where lyric meets narrative
"Folio" in typewriter font

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Folios

A Lost Future for the Middle East

Religious pluralism was a possibility after the Ottoman Empire. European colonialism changed that.
Ussama Makdisi
October 22, 2024

Facing America’s Social Crisis

The United States is at a turning point in economic policy. What happens next is crucial.
Nicholas Mulder
October 22, 2024

History Is Repeating Itself in Ukraine

Cycles of nationalism have existed for centuries. What do they reveal?
Andreas Wimmer
October 22, 2024

How the Radical Right Remade Nationalism

What happens when the central goal of politics becomes preserving national identity?
Suzanne Schneider
October 22, 2024

The Living Practice of Criticism

A reply to my respondents
Jonathan Kramnick
June 17, 2024

The Real World of Reading

A response to Jonathan Kramnick’s Criticism and Truth
Ankhi Mukherjee
June 17, 2024

The Rhapsodic Critic

A response to Jonathan Kramnick’s Criticism and Truth
Elaine Scarry
June 17, 2024

Writing for the Reader

A response to Jonathan Kramnick’s Criticism and Truth
Paul Saint-Amour
June 17, 2024

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Sandra Simonds
April 1, 2024

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Shangyang Fang
April 1, 2024