Nonfiction

The Shapes of Grief

Witnessing the unbearable
Christina Sharpe

Writing in Pictures

Richard Scarry and the art of children’s literature
Chris Ware

Is Blasphemy Illiberal?

Salman Rushdie’s thoroughly modern controversies
Len Gutkin

How Mike Kelley Became Himself

The artist’s search for subcultural America
Jonathan Griffin

The Path to Playwright

Discovering my literary hero in an unlikely place
Sonya Kelly

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Nonfiction

My Rosary

A priest from my childhood was convicted of embezzlement. Years later, he still informs my faith.
Nicholas Russell
November 27, 2024

The Role of the Modern Writer

In his work for The Yale Review, Thomas Mann grappled with an artist’s relationship to society
Morten Høi Jensen
November 21, 2024

The Apostle of Love

How Thomas Mann discovered sensual education in The Magic Mountain
Merve Emre
November 20, 2024

The Creosote Sea

Finding peace in a humble desert shrub
Claire Vaye Watkins
October 30, 2024

Terry Allen’s "Cross the Razor"

How one artist started a conversation across the US-Mexico border
Brendan Greaves
October 24, 2024

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 Moment

Why Han Kang’s Nobel Matters

My mother’s generation experienced unspeakable violence. Han found the words for it.
Yung In Chae
October 15, 2024