Mullet Street
On New Orleans’s most famous thoroughfare, it’s always 1986
By Wayne Curtis Thursday, August 18, 2022
Morals, Meaning, and Nonsense
Ethical inquiry requires lived experience, not just logical examination
By Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen Monday, August 15, 2022
Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life by Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman
Different People, Different Stories
On the complexities of lumping psychiatric patients into categories
By Kathryn Tabb Monday, August 1, 2022
he Ceiling Outside: The Science and Experience of the Disrupted Mind by Noga Arikha
Last Rites and Comic Flights
A funeral in a 1984 Japanese film offers moments of slapstick amid the solemnity
By Pico Iyer Thursday, July 28, 2022
Polish Lessons
Four decades ago, a young American found himself in Warsaw during turbulent, extraordinary times
By Thomas Swick Monday, July 18, 2022
More Than a ‘Mere Echo’
English versions of foreign literature must stand on their own
By Lauren Elkin Monday, July 11, 2022
Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri
What a Long, Strange Trip It Was
The explosive writer who created worlds alien and mundane
By Madison Smartt Bell Thursday, June 30, 2022
I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys by Miranda Seymour
A Remembrance of Places Both Empty and Full
The divine, stark photographs of Robert Adams
By Megan Craig Thursday, June 23, 2022
The Believer
When nobody would touch Joyce’s manuscript, Sylvia Beach stepped in
By Keri Walsh Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Know Me Come Eat With Me
In the world of Ulysses, food turns out to be everything
By Flicka Small Thursday, June 9, 2022
It Happened One Day in June
Why Ulysses is as vital as ever— compelling, complex, and direct
By Robert J. Seidman Wednesday, June 1, 2022
For the Joy of Joyce
Abandon the notion of high-minded seriousness and simply enter into the novel’s flow
By Amit Chaudhuri Wednesday, June 1, 2022
The Bomb Next Door
Eighty years into the atomic age, U.S. nuclear power reactors have produced several million tons of radioactive waste—and we still have no idea how to dispose of it
By Thomas A. Bass Wednesday, June 1, 2022
The Lions and the San
How could a people survive for thousands of years with so many predators in their midst?
By Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Wednesday, June 1, 2022
