Nonfiction
The Body I Couldn't Abstract
Motherhood reshaped how I see shame, art, and the female body
Megan O’Grady
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Writing in Pictures
Richard Scarry and the art of children’s literature
Chris Ware
September 9, 2024
The Frictions of Interracial Love
How one fundamental difference can color every aspect of marriage
Anne Anlin Cheng
September 5, 2024
The Poet as a Young Critic
In Thom Gunn’s early work for The Yale Review, he valued style above all else
Langdon Hammer
June 27, 2024
Kurt Cobain and Jenny Holzer on 42nd Street
A chance decision made an iconic photograph. Thirty years later, what does it reveal?
Bob Nickas
June 19, 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
When the Movies Mattered
Siskel and Ebert and the heyday of popular movie criticism
Annie Berke
June 12, 2024