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

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Nonfiction

Black-and-white photo of R.E.M.’s band members standing in a backstage hallway
Books

The Kings of College Radio

What happened when R.E.M. went mainstream
Mina Tavakoli
February 5, 2025
Black-and-white yearbook photo showing David Lynch and Bill Frazier sitting with a group of friends at a fraternity party.
Tribute

Fourteen Memories of David Lynch

My dad remembers the filmmaker as a young artist and fraternity brother
Will Frazier
January 30, 2025
The Moment

Memecoins, Monologues, and Sharpies

A diary of Trump’s inauguration week
James Surowiecki
January 24, 2025
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From the Editors

Our Most-Read Prose of 2024

December 17, 2024
Essays

In Search of Zabihollah Mansouri

Was Iran’s most famous translator secretly its most prolific author?
Amir Ahmadi Arian
December 10, 2024
Essays

In the Steps of Yvonne Rainer

What failing dance class taught me about writing
John Haskell
December 10, 2024
Art

Inheriting Impressionism

Monet and Ja’Tovia Gary among the water lilies
Rachel Cohen
December 10, 2024
Objects of Desire

My Face

When I look in the bathroom mirror, I see my past and future selves
Melissa Febos
December 10, 2024
Books

The Sexual Histories of Alan Hollinghurst

In Our Evenings, the novelist grapples with a divided Britain
Andrew Martin
December 10, 2024
Books

The Surrealists Move to Mexico City

What Leonora Carrington and her peers found in their new home
Chloe Aridjis
December 10, 2024