Nonfiction

The Shapes of Grief

Witnessing the unbearable
Christina Sharpe

Writing in Pictures

Richard Scarry and the art of children’s literature
Chris Ware

Is Blasphemy Illiberal?

Salman Rushdie’s thoroughly modern controversies
Len Gutkin

How Mike Kelley Became Himself

The artist’s search for subcultural America
Jonathan Griffin

The Path to Playwright

Discovering my literary hero in an unlikely place
Sonya Kelly

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Louise Glück

Poet of October
Langdon Hammer
October 23, 2023
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Louise Glück

A poet you couldn’t hide from
Aria Aber
October 19, 2023
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A genuine gift for friendship
Rachel Mannheimer
October 19, 2023
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Louise Glück

Making an art of conversation
Sam Huber
October 19, 2023
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Louise Glück

The poet who taught me to write books
Meghan O’Rourke
October 18, 2023

Lou Reed Didn’t Want to Be King

A new biography tries to pin the rocker down
Hannah Gold
October 16, 2023

Are Twins Kinda Gay?

What Dead Ringers reveals about pop culture's latest obsession
Helena de Bres
October 9, 2023

10 Ways Ms., Sassy, and Jezebel Changed Your Life!

How contradiction drove fifty years of feminist media
Maggie Doherty
September 18, 2023

How Emily Wilson Reimagined Homer

Her boldly innovative translation of the Iliad is an epic for our time
Emily Greenwood
September 18, 2023

In the Shallows

Why do public intellectuals condescend to their readers?
Becca Rothfeld
September 18, 2023