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

Browse

Nonfiction

Essays

Community

Finding company on and off the page
Carl Phillips
October 10, 2022
Tribute

Hilary Mantel

Remembering a singular prose stylist
Brian Dillon
September 27, 2022
Essays

Change Trains at Summit

Becoming a poet
Robert Pinsky
September 1, 2022
Folio

Hidden Words

Searching for meaning in a rubber stamp
Uljana Wolf
September 1, 2022
Essays

Invisible Bridges

On Ukraine, Russia, and friendships
Marci Shore
September 1, 2022
Folio

Reclaiming Our Language

Dictee as a feminist ritual
Zahra Patterson
September 1, 2022
Folio

Space to Grieve

An irreducible legacy
Latipa
September 1, 2022
Essays

Spiritualism’s Shadows

On COVID-19 and false consolation
Alicia Puglionesi
September 1, 2022
Essays

The Politics of Anger

Putin and the psychology of rage
Josh Cohen
September 1, 2022
Folio

The Stakes of Dictee

An introduction to a famously difficult work
Ken Chen
September 1, 2022