Nonfiction

Memoir

Writing

Unpublished journal entries
Annie Ernaux
Objects of Desire

My Screenshots

In search of lost memes
Sarah Thankam Mathews
The Moment

The Birthday Party No One Wants

Why Americans aren't celebrating the semiquincentennial
Samuel Moyn
Essays

The End of Books

What happened when a dumpster arrived behind my university's library
Sheila Liming
Ideas

Reading the Declaration of Independence as Holy Text

How the American creed emerged—and evolved—over 250 years
Kathryn Lofton
Essays

Toni Morrison’s Native Figures

A new reading of race in her novels
Namwali Serpell

Browse

Nonfiction

Books

Ordinary Allurements

Christina Sharpe’s reading lessons
Elleza Kelley
June 12, 2023
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