Lilacs for Lincoln (and Kennedy and King)
Roger Sessions, part II
By Sudip Bose Thursday, May 17, 2018
The Great Detached
As a journalist, Tom Wolfe’s greatest asset was his emotional distance from his subjects
By Graeme Wood Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Make Them Work
A different sort of moral obligation
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Carole D’Inverno
Breaking Mountains
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, May 14, 2018
Stitching History
What an old quilt can teach us about antebellum America
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, May 11, 2018
The Conquered Ear
Roger Sessions’s Eighth Symphony, 50 years after its premiere
By Sudip Bose Thursday, May 10, 2018
Kanye and Ta-Nehisi
“This is my life, homie, you decide yours”
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, May 9, 2018
“Homecoming” by Henry Sloss
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, August 11, 2026
The Translator Stuck
Amanda L. Andrei on her relationship with the Romanian language and her Romanian father
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, August 7, 2026
Once More in Triple Time
In Salzburg, the tourist hordes come for Mozart, but imagine an alternate city, one where a very different composer is venerated
By Erik Anderson Thursday, August 6, 2026
“Now That I Am Forever With Child” by Audre Lorde
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Gratitude Isn’t Everything
The revolutionary Patriots owed much to their forefathers, but their fight for universal rights embraced a wider mission
By Robert A. Gross Friday, July 31, 2026
It All Comes Down to This
As the recent World Cup showed, the drama of a penalty shootout can at times be Shakespearean
By Eric Wills Thursday, July 30, 2026
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Plus: Jonathan Weiner on the nature of memory, Amanda L. Andrei on translating from the Romanian, Richard Tillinghast on Charles Portis, and much more
Plus: Jonathan Weiner on the nature of memory, Amanda L. Andrei on translating from the Romanian, Richard Tillinghast on Charles Portis, and much more
Where Are We?
Finding our bearings has never been so risky
By Peter Turchi Monday, June 29, 2026
Found in Translation
The act of rendering plays from Romanian to English has allowed me to discover my family’s past—and myself
By Amanda L. Andrei Thursday, June 25, 2026
You Must Remember This
On the nature of autobiographical memory
By Jonathan Weiner Monday, June 1, 2026
Inside Man
A young reporter’s devastating exposé of the amoral elite
By Anne Matthews Monday, June 1, 2026
Things Fall Apart
A meditation on entropy, obsolescence, and death
By Steven G. Kellman Monday, June 1, 2026
Where Are We?
Finding our bearings has never been so risky
By Peter Turchi Monday, June 29, 2026
Found in Translation
The act of rendering plays from Romanian to English has allowed me to discover my family’s past—and myself
By Amanda L. Andrei Thursday, June 25, 2026
You Must Remember This
On the nature of autobiographical memory
By Jonathan Weiner Monday, June 1, 2026
Inside Man
A young reporter’s devastating exposé of the amoral elite
By Anne Matthews Monday, June 1, 2026
Things Fall Apart
A meditation on entropy, obsolescence, and death