Nonfiction

Essays

The Shapes of Grief

Witnessing the unbearable
Christina Sharpe
Books

Writing in Pictures

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

Is Blasphemy Illiberal?

Salman Rushdie’s thoroughly modern controversies
Len Gutkin
Art

How Mike Kelley Became Himself

The artist’s search for subcultural America
Jonathan Griffin
Objects of Desire

Richard Pryor

A fiction
Hilton Als
Essays

The Path to Playwright

Discovering my literary hero in an unlikely place
Sonya Kelly

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Nonfiction

Books

The Consolations of Failure

Two new books look at what failing can—and cannot—teach us
Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen
June 12, 2023
Essays

This Part of Our Lives Is Over

Sending my daughter to Japan
Emily Bernard
June 12, 2023
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