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

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Books

On "The Mars Room"

Fiction in Review
Abigail Deutsch
July 1, 2018
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Music

On The New York Philharmonic’s 175th Anniversary

Recordings in Review
Dewey Faulkner
July 1, 2018
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Film

Springes to Catch Woodcocks

On Phantom Thread
Paul Franz
July 1, 2018
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Essays

Unliving Hands

Lyric Distance in Owen’s “Anthem for Doomed Youth”
Adam Keller
July 1, 2018
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Criticism

Wrestling with Machado

Ilan Stavans
July 1, 2018
The tombstone of Naomi Wise.
Essays

The Murder of “Omie Wise,” 1808

Notes on a killing
Harold Schechter
June 29, 2018
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Essays

The Colt-Adams Affair, 1841

Notes on a murder
Harold Schechter
June 25, 2018
A detail of a screaming face
Essays

Sensitivity/Enlightenment

A distinction
Feisal G. Mohamed
June 5, 2018
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Essays

The Trunk Murders, 1931

Notes on a killing
Harold Schechter
May 27, 2018
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Essays

Religion/Fundamentalism

A distinction
Feisal G. Mohamed
May 21, 2018