SPOTLIGHT
“Only Voice Remains” by Forugh Farrokhzad
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, April 7, 2026
SPOTLIGHT
“Only Voice Remains” by Forugh Farrokhzad
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Hue and Cry
Kory Stamper on the weird ways we define color
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, April 3, 2026
Words, Words, Words
How artists turned the canon against congressional inquisitors
By Brooke Kroeger Thursday, April 2, 2026
“Personal” by Tony Hoagland
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The Importance of Being Idle
What Paul Lafargue taught us about work
By Robert Zaretsky Monday, March 30, 2026
The Bottom of the Ninth
In baseball and in life, there is a cost to our pursuit of an error-free existence
By Elizabeth D. Samet Thursday, March 26, 2026
Do You Believe in Magic?
A global history of our oldest—and most maligned—practice
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, October 16, 2020
Verifiable Truths
The thinkers who tried to strip metaphysics from philosophy
By Gary Saul Morson Thursday, October 15, 2020
“Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by W. B. Yeats
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, October 13, 2020
The Homing Instinct
Ah, Vienna, the city of my youth
By Josef Eisinger Saturday, October 10, 2020
Reclaiming Beauty and Dignity
Louise Glück can be both austere and funny
By Langdon Hammer Friday, October 9, 2020
Quoth the Raven
There’s evermore to ravens than you think
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, October 9, 2020
Saved By Accident
Only dumb luck has stood in the way of atomic annihilation
By Marc Ambinder Thursday, October 8, 2020
current issue
Plus: David Gessner meets Robert Redford, Elizabeth D. Samet talks AI and baseball, Adam Hochschild goes to Lviv, and much more
Plus: David Gessner meets Robert Redford, Elizabeth D. Samet talks AI and baseball, Adam Hochschild goes to Lviv, and much more
On the Trail of Jeremiah
Robert Redford, the lure of the West, and the art of getting away
By David Gessner Monday, March 2, 2026
Who Is Thinking?
The quest to discover the answer to an age-old question
By T. M. Luhrmann Monday, March 2, 2026
‘In the Presence of People No Longer Here’ 
Historians in the Ukrainian city of Lviv are documenting the horrors of the past while living in the shadow of war
By Adam Hochschild Monday, March 2, 2026
First Love, Faded Bloom
Rereading Gone with the Wind on a trip through the South
By Joy Lanzendorfer Monday, March 2, 2026
On the Trail of Jeremiah
Robert Redford, the lure of the West, and the art of getting away
By David Gessner Monday, March 2, 2026
Who Is Thinking?
The quest to discover the answer to an age-old question
By T. M. Luhrmann Monday, March 2, 2026
‘In the Presence of People No Longer Here’
Historians in the Ukrainian city of Lviv are documenting the horrors of the past while living in the shadow of war
By Adam Hochschild Monday, March 2, 2026
First Love, Faded Bloom
Rereading Gone with the Wind on a trip through the South
By Joy Lanzendorfer Monday, March 2, 2026
