Criticism
Is the Twenty-First Century a Creative Void?
Critics mourn a bygone cultural era. But nostalgia for the new isn't new.
Reading the Declaration of Independence as Holy Text
How the American creed emerged—and evolved—over 250 years
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Criticism
Is the Twenty-First Century a Creative Void?
Critics mourn a bygone cultural era. But nostalgia for the new isn't new.
June 8, 2026
Reading the Declaration of Independence as Holy Text
How the American creed emerged—and evolved—over 250 years
June 8, 2026
James Schuyler’s Genius
Why our greatest poet of the everyday has become a poet of the moment
March 16, 2026
Solvej Balle’s Philosophy of Time
How a novelist transformed a single day into a radical literary experiment
March 16, 2026
Terrence Malick’s Disciples
Why the auteur is the most influential director in Hollywood
December 15, 2025
Thomas Pynchon Is Angry
In Shadow Ticket, the novelist takes on America’s indifference to history
October 27, 2025
Green, Lively, and Full of Decay
Why Claire-Louise Bennett’s epistolary style is the one for our times
September 8, 2025