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Eulogy for a Yenta

Jordy Rosenberg on his new novel, Night Night Fawn

By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 6, 2026

SPOTLIGHT

Eulogy for a Yenta

Jordy Rosenberg on his new novel, Night Night Fawn

By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 6, 2026

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View from Rue Saint-Georges

Versed in Outrage

A poet’s capitulation highlights the challenges facing artists and intellectuals

How to Cheat

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A second-wave feminist on 21st-century feminism

Riada

Measure by Measure

The Virtuoso as Artist

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History Is Not Everything

There is more to life than what has come before

Web Essays

The Devil’s Party?

Why we love Lucifer—and why Milton might have, too

Book Reviews

An American Prophet of the Natural World

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The Path

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“After Making Love We Hear Footsteps” by Galway Kinnell

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Cover Story

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The Flagellation

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“But Maybe God Needs Our Longing” by Nelly Sachs

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Searching for Gilbert and Sullivan in the 21st century

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