A Brontë Fragment
A short poem written in Charlotte’s hand goes up for auction. What would it feel like just to hold it?
By Miranda K. Pennington Thursday, April 4, 2013
Anthony Lewis and the March to Equality
In his writing, he explained an activist Supreme Court to the nation
By Lincoln Caplan Monday, March 25, 2013
Crossing into Syria
A reporter describes her visit under fire to rebel-held villages near the symbolic homeland of President Bashar al-Assad
By Clare Morgana Gillis Thursday, January 24, 2013
What Columbus Day Really Means
If you think the holiday pits Native Americans against Italian Americans, consider the history behind its origin
By William J. Connell Thursday, October 4, 2012
The Voice of a Nation
Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry was most eloquent when performed before an audience
By David J. Wasserstein Monday, August 27, 2012
Q&A With Ralph Lombreglia
Ralph Lombreglia answers questions about his short story “Unrippable”
By Vanessa Schipani Monday, October 19, 2009
“You’re Going to Live a Long Life”
A cancer survivor and writer says the “cancer community” lacks a cohesive political movement
By Matthew Dallek Monday, June 15, 2009
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Joyce
In honor of the 136th birthday of James Joyce, read this literary travelogue through Bloomsday and beyond
By Sam Anderson Sunday, June 6, 2004
Stereotypes and the City
What to make of HBO’s attempts to diversify an iconic show?
By Sharon Sochil Washington Thursday, April 25, 2024
Ripeness Is All
What may be the fate of classical music’s new superstars?
By Joseph Horowitz Thursday, April 11, 2024
The Very Elder Statesman
Konrad Adenauer transformed West Germany, doing his best work as an octogenarian
By Mark N. Grant Friday, March 8, 2024
Iris as Pupil
Before this canonical English writer published novels, she was a student of French postwar philosophy
By Robert Zaretsky Friday, March 1, 2024
Starving
The feelings of yearning and loss, when faced with an empty nest, can manifest in striking ways
By Laura Bernstein-Machlay Friday, February 23, 2024
A State of Perpetual Unease
Sartre’s essay on French anti-Semitism cast the problem in existential terms
By Robert Zaretsky Friday, December 15, 2023
Keeping House
Clinging to the rituals of home—even when longing to let them go
By Amanda Parrish Morgan Friday, November 17, 2023
Philip Gove and “Our Word”
A lexicographer remembers the worst frigging part of the job
By David Skinner Friday, November 10, 2023
Beethoven Underground
One ensemble bids farewell, with another just getting started
By Vivien Schweitzer Thursday, November 2, 2023
The Forgotten Writers of the Shoah
What the work of women survivors can tell us about the horrors of life in the camps
By Jeanne Bonner Friday, September 15, 2023
