A Kingdom of Little Animals

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek’s discovery of microorganisms made possible the revolutionary advances in biology and medicine that continue to inform our Covid age

A Kingdom of Little Animals

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek’s discovery of microorganisms made possible the revolutionary advances in biology and medicine that continue to inform our Covid age

ARTICLES

The Color of Dust

Sometimes even a team of radiation oncologists and neurosurgeons can be mystified by the strange workings of the human brain

The Lives of Bryan

My brother often eluded death, but the many trials that he endured could not prepare us for that awful moment when he finally left us

Projections of Life

Memories of a Midwestern childhood and the stories only pictures can tell

Night Vision

On finding comfort and purpose in the dark

The Whole World in His Hands

What a digital restoration of the most expensive painting ever sold tells us about beauty, authenticity, and the fragility of existence

Last Dance

At a World War II internment camp, George Igawa entertained thousands of incarcerated Japanese Americans—while teaching a band of novices how to swing

The Color of Dust

Sometimes even a team of radiation oncologists and neurosurgeons can be mystified by the strange workings of the human brain

The Lives of Bryan

My brother often eluded death, but the many trials that he endured could not prepare us for that awful moment when he finally left us

Projections of Life

Memories of a Midwestern childhood and the stories only pictures can tell

Night Vision

On finding comfort and purpose in the dark

The Whole World in His Hands

What a digital restoration of the most expensive painting ever sold tells us about beauty, authenticity, and the fragility of existence

Last Dance

At a World War II internment camp, George Igawa entertained thousands of incarcerated Japanese Americans—while teaching a band of novices how to swing

DEPARTMENTS

editor's note

A Room for the Ages

Oglethorpe University’s time capsule was meant to last thousands of years, but will it?

Dancing With Deneuve

A young writer observed a failure in the making while watching François Truffaut in action

Freud Airlines

Now boarding, all passengers, Flight 1900 to Vienna

By Judith D. Schwartz and Tony Eprile

False Prophets

A recent film about a Black megachurch is often hilarious, but its flaws reside in the story it doesn’t tell

Putting the Story Back in History

Hayden White on truth, facts, and the allure of a well-told tale

Get Me Rewrite!

The relationship between a renowned author and a consummate editor can sometimes make for high drama

In the Aftermath of Civil War

The art of observance in the lyrics of Vidyan Ravinthiran

One Look Back

“Now, after days of asking, she and her mother were finally minutes away from the cabin.”

“I got a collar for the boy, a nice leather number with steel studs that made him look a touch mean and inspired me to get myself a steel-studded camera harness, and off we’d walk, miles a day between jobs.”