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Unpublished journal entries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

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
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