Nonfiction

The Moment

A Reviewer’s Life

The material constraints of writing criticism today
Christine Smallwood
The Moment

Palestinian Solidarity, Then and Now

The power of encampment as a form of protest
Feisal G. Mohamed
Objects of Desire

Absolute Darkness

A curious disorientation
Lydia Davis
Essays

The Critic as Friend

The challenge of reading generously
Merve Emre
Essays

Louise Glück’s Late Style

The fabular turn in the poet’s last three books
Teju Cole
Essays

Jean Stein’s Rolodex

The legendary editor’s social genius
Benjamin Anastas

Browse

Nonfiction

Image of COVID-19 virus. Graphic by Bianca Ibarlucea.
Pandemic Files

Cannon Fodder

A doctor on the front lines
Laura Kolbe
March 27, 2020
An old document discussing impeachement

Do They Dare to Impeach?

What history tells us about the case against Trump
Feisal G. Mohamed
January 23, 2020
Fine art of a woman bathing
Essays

A Common Seagull

On making art and mourning
Sheila Heti
January 1, 2020
A man and woman talking on a sofa
Portfolios

Art: Consuelo Kanaga

Eugenia Bell
January 1, 2020
Abstract automaton
Essays

Broken Doll

A daughter’s suicide in another country
Carlos Manuel Álvarez
and
Rahul Bery
January 1, 2020
Author photo
Essays

Changing My Mind

On sources, revision, and order
Lydia Davis
January 1, 2020
Susan Sontag, New York, February 2, 1978. Photograph by Richard Avedon. ©The Richard Avedon Foundation.
Books

Furious Permissions

For Susan Sontag, style was nourishment
Brian Dillon
January 1, 2020
A photo of the author's mother and brother in 1974
Essays

Ghosts in My Nursery

Mourning the brother I never knew
Miranda Featherstone
January 1, 2020
A blurred photo of lights
Essays

In Centennial

The only ones left alive
Cathy Park Hong
January 1, 2020
An old photo of baseball players
Essays

Loss

When yearning is a pleasure
Sarah Manguso
January 1, 2020