Web Essays
The Sondheim Way
Ambition, freedom, and the importance of innovation
by Wendy Smith | Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Why We Need the Humanities
The word itself contains the answer
by James A. W. Heffernan | Saturday, October 30, 2021
Back to School
A return to reading as a private and a public act
by Seth Lerer | Saturday, October 23, 2021
What Squid Game Is Really About
How decades of Korean trauma have spawned a pop culture phenomenon
by Jean Kim | Saturday, October 16, 2021
Two Poets and a Word
The whole of creation, in just three letters
by Max Byrd | Thursday, October 14, 2021
My Guidebook to Japan
Lessons from Thoreau learned in a distant land
by Pico Iyer | Saturday, October 09, 2021
Facing Death at the Ends of the Earth
The discovery of the world’s oldest rock offers a hefty dose of perspective
by Walter Nicklin | Thursday, October 07, 2021
“What’s My Name?”
Ken Burns’s new documentary examines the enduring power of Muhammad Ali
by Eric Wills | Thursday, September 23, 2021
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