Web Essays
A Pre-Columbian Bestiary
Fantastic creatures of indigenous Latin America
by Ilan Stavans | Thursday, August 06, 2020
La Havilland
The movie star became a fixture in Paris, where she lived for half her lifetime
by Charles Trueheart | Monday, July 27, 2020
Beyond Classification
One writer’s journey into the labyrinth of political and bureaucratic obfuscation
by Michael Sherry | Thursday, July 23, 2020
Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act ·
Brotherly Medicine
The poet who helped bind up the nation’s wounds
by Robert Roper | Thursday, July 16, 2020
America's Black Soldiers
The long history behind the Army's Jim Crow forts
by Elizabeth D. Samet | Saturday, July 11, 2020
Billy Joe Wardlow, RIP
The subject of a Scholar cover story, executed in Texas
by Lincoln Caplan | Thursday, July 09, 2020
The Bloom Has Faded
Reforming the Western canon may not go far enough
by Robert Zaretsky | Monday, June 22, 2020
“A Heap of Juneteenths”
How the word, and the holiday, came about
by John F. Callahan | Thursday, June 18, 2020
Radical Elegies
At a time when many of us are cut off from the natural world, Wordsworth seems more essential than ever
by Jonathan Bate | Thursday, May 21, 2020
The Givers
On this Mother’s Day, let’s acknowledge the power of those who offer both professional and domestic care
by Amanda Parrish Morgan | Friday, May 08, 2020
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