In the Forest of the Colobus
At a Gambian nature reserve, troops of endangered monkeys—and numerous other creatures—enact a grand drama that plumbs the mysteries of life, death, and regeneration
By Dawn Starin
In the Forest of the Colobus
At a Gambian nature reserve, troops of endangered monkeys—and numerous other creatures—enact a grand drama that plumbs the mysteries of life, death, and regeneration
By Dawn Starin
ARTICLES
An Outrage Sacred to the Gods
As Antigone knows all too well, the act of burying a loved one is not always a simple matter
By Greg Afinogenov
It All Begins in Love
An essayist sees glimpses of her parents and the many struggles they endured in a new exhibition of southern photography
By Emily Bernard
Florida Man
Making a home in the Sunshine State when you feel like a perpetual outsider
By Thomas Swick
Shooting a Dog
During a deployment in Iraq, a young soldier confronts a fundamental paradox about the masculine temperament in wartime
By Hugh Martin
Notes From the Front
Henry Kissinger’s Vietnam diary shows that he knew the war was lost a decade before it ended
By Thomas A. Bass
An Outrage Sacred to the Gods
As Antigone knows all too well, the act of burying a loved one is not always a simple matter
By Greg Afinogenov
It All Begins in Love
An essayist sees glimpses of her parents and the many struggles they endured in a new exhibition of southern photography
By Emily Bernard
Florida Man
Making a home in the Sunshine State when you feel like a perpetual outsider
By Thomas Swick
Shooting a Dog
During a deployment in Iraq, a young soldier confronts a fundamental paradox about the masculine temperament in wartime
By Hugh Martin
Notes From the Front
Henry Kissinger’s Vietnam diary shows that he knew the war was lost a decade before it ended
By Thomas A. Bass
DEPARTMENTS
editor's note
tuning up
Black Cleopatra
How a recent Netflix series infuriated Egypt—and raised questions about color stratification and the social construct of race
By Sharon Sochil Washington
Hey Siri, Call Webster
When it comes to learning new words, it’s not where you look them up that’s important
By Kelly McMasters
Bicentennial Beginnings
Learning to write and learning to live, with Richard Wilbur as a guide
By Seth Lerer
book reviews
Bodies Grotesque and Beautiful
Searching for aesthetics and meaning in the monstrous
By Sierra Bellows
