The Fox in the Big House
Soviets, poetry, and foxes, oh my!
By Stephanie Bastek Thursday, April 20, 2017
Out of the Closet and Into the Courts
How sex met the law, plus the coolest queen in Africa
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, April 7, 2017
All the Rage
Enlightenment, architecture, and a few Irish favorites
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 17, 2017
Unlikely Encounters
Between fact and fiction, poetry and motion, and Milton Friedman and China’s General Secretary
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 3, 2017
From Côte d’Ivoire to the California Coast
Plus: Phillip Lopate tells us a secret
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, February 10, 2017
Portraits of a Movement
Plus: our new visual arts blog, and a tour of Trump’s conflict of interest
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 27, 2017
Sounds Like a Revolution
An interview with Madeleine Thien, plus: catching up with Jessica Love on language
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 16, 2016
The Aftermath
Finding hope in unexpected places: prison, protest, and poetry
By Stephanie Bastek Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Fighting the Zika Virus with John Wayne (and John Aubrey)
Well, not exactly
By Stephanie Bastek Monday, November 7, 2016
High Art and Low Chairs
Plus: a book’s journey from foreign lands to American shelves, and espionage
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, October 21, 2016
Indiana Absurd
Tiffany Tsao on translating a beguiling Indonesian short-story collection
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, May 17, 2024
American Modernism’s Lost Boy-King
The late, great Paul Auster on Stephen Crane
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, May 3, 2024
Let Us Compare Mythologies
Exploding the Canon, Episode 4
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, April 26, 2024
Interlude: The Idea of “The West”
A brief look at a grand narrative
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, April 19, 2024
Dancing the Imperial Twist
Julian Saporiti on mixing music with history as No-No Boy
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, August 4, 2023
Dying for Fashion
Dana Thomas on how our hunger for new clothes damages the environment and exploits workers
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 28, 2023
