Nonfiction

Essays

The Body I Couldn't Abstract

Motherhood reshaped how I see shame, art, and the female body
Megan O’Grady
Objects of Desire

A Night’s Sleep

An insomniac’s lifelong pursuit
Vincenzo Latronico
Memoir

Dogsbody

Dale Peck
A Closer Look

An Unsettling Civil War Photograph

An image from the Battle of the Wilderness
Rachel Eisendrath
Essays

Night Knowledge

What I learned at the club
Aria Aber
Essays

Quiver and Fixity

What I found returning to Thomas Hardy in midlife
Jhumpa Lahiri

Browse

Nonfiction

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
Folio

The Weight of Memory

Honoring my dear friend
Yong Soon Min
September 1, 2022
Essays

Theater of Shame

The rise of online humiliation
Charlie Tyson
September 1, 2022
PenErik, Doublement, 2014, via Creative Commons
Essays

We Are Our Choices

The consequences of being severed from your True Self
Nuar Alsadir
July 25, 2022
Essays

The Feminism of Elizabeth Hardwick

What happens when care becomes work?
Apoorva Tadepalli
July 18, 2022
Essays

Akron State of Mind

Did I betray my friends by moving to the suburbs?
William Evans
July 11, 2022
Folio

Black Hauntology: An Introduction

The ghosts that endure
Phillip B. Williams
July 11, 2022
Essays

The Ghost of Henry Dumas

Since his mysterious death, the poet's spirit has haunted my family
Treasure Shields Redmond
July 11, 2022