Nonfiction

Essays

A Faceless Compass

Johannesburg’s haunted streets
Ivan Vladislavić
Essays

The Path to "River See"

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

Reclaiming Tituba

The real story behind Arthur Miller's character
Winsome Pinnock
Essays

Bottle Torches

A fantasia on Nari Ward
Ishion Hutchinson
Essays

Remembering Benares

The city that inspired The Romantics
Pankaj Mishra
Essays

Tender Light

The bond between photography and narrative
Emmanuel Iduma

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Nonfiction

Essays

[I had a dream last night]

Brandon Shimoda
June 5, 2023
Folio

Beyond the Attention Economy

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

How to Sharpen a Scythe

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

Sublimation and Self-Possession

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

The Saunterers’ Club

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

The Winter Zoo

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

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
Ideas

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
Books

Nothing Is a Memory

Remembering Bernadette Mayer
Daniel Poppick
March 27, 2023