The Diagnostician of Despair
Why Rousseau believed that Enlightenment values would lead us to ruin
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, December 19, 2024
On Book
August Wilson’s play just hit the big screen, but even greater rewards await on the page
By David A. Taylor Monday, November 25, 2024
The Baritone as Democrat
How Lawrence Tibbett prophesied the Metropolitan Opera crisis of today
By Joseph Horowitz Thursday, November 21, 2024
Writer on Board
The cruise story from Twain to Shteyngart
By Thomas Swick Thursday, September 5, 2024
Nights at the Opera
Long before he wrote his masterly novels, Stendhal was transformed by the power of music
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, August 15, 2024
A Terrifying Delight
Following Robert Frost into the depths
By Mark Edmundson Thursday, June 27, 2024
Consummated in Exile
A new recording of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances conveys the breadth of the 20th-century composer’s life’s journey
By Joseph Horowitz Friday, June 14, 2024
Stereotypes and the City
What to make of HBO’s attempts to diversify an iconic show?
By Sharon Sochil Washington Thursday, April 25, 2024
The Devil’s Party?
Why we love Lucifer—and why Milton might have, too
By Edwin M. Yoder Jr. Tuesday, July 31, 2018
On Hospitality
Perspectives on borders and border-crossing
By Paula Marantz Cohen Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Hell, Yes
The long tradition of newspaper people doing their jobs in terrible circumstances
By Ernest B. Furgurson Friday, July 6, 2018
The Half-Century What If?
How would our lives be different if RFK had not been assassinated?
By Walter Nicklin Thursday, May 31, 2018
The Roth Years
Remembering a novelist of intellect and wit
By Steven L. Isenberg Tuesday, May 29, 2018
The Great Detached
As a journalist, Tom Wolfe’s greatest asset was his emotional distance from his subjects
By Graeme Wood Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Red Sky in Morning, Fisherman’s Warning
Climate change in the Gulf of Maine
By Richard Nelson Friday, April 20, 2018
Idle Hands Are the Dreamer’s Tools
Why lolling about is a worthwhile pursuit
By Charlotte Salley Monday, April 16, 2018
Last Words
One of the final poems that J. D. McClatchy (1945-2018) wrote
By Our Editors Wednesday, April 11, 2018
