Nonfiction

A Faceless Compass

Johannesburg’s haunted streets
Ivan Vladislavić

The Path to "River See"

How improvisation and ancestry shape a playwright's work
Sharon Bridgforth

Reclaiming Tituba

The real story behind Arthur Miller's character
Winsome Pinnock

Bottle Torches

A fantasia on Nari Ward
Ishion Hutchinson

Remembering Benares

The city that inspired The Romantics
Pankaj Mishra

Tender Light

The bond between photography and narrative
Emmanuel Iduma

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Nonfiction

[I had a dream last night]

Brandon Shimoda
June 5, 2023

Beyond the Attention Economy

Turning to face our burning world
Laura Dassow Walls
May 23, 2023

How to Sharpen a Scythe

Is paying attention good in itself?
Daegan Miller
May 23, 2023

Sublimation and Self-Possession

Bearing witness to life’s weirdness
Ana Schwartz
May 23, 2023

The Saunterers’ Club

In pursuit of a more wayward Thoreau
Caleb Smith
May 23, 2023

The Winter Zoo

Visiting animals when most humans stay away
Kate Zambreno
May 8, 2023

Monstrous Hybrids and the Conjuring of Legacy

A visit to a namesake scrapyard changes a novelist's sense of inheritance
Idra Novey
April 5, 2023

Cancel Culture and Other Myths

Anti-fandom as heartbreak
Kathryn Lofton
March 27, 2023
Portfolio

Home Isn't One Place

A textile tribute to the Afghan diaspora
Hangama Amiri
March 27, 2023

Nothing Is a Memory

Remembering Bernadette Mayer
Daniel Poppick
March 27, 2023