SPOTLIGHT
A Splendor Wild and Terrifying
Lost in the woods, a writer confronts the duality of nature
By Mark Phillips Thursday, July 17, 2025
SPOTLIGHT
A Splendor Wild and Terrifying
Lost in the woods, a writer confronts the duality of nature
By Mark Phillips Thursday, July 17, 2025
“Parachutes, My Love, Could Carry Us Higher” by Barbara Guest
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Jeanne F. Jalandoni
Weaving past and present together
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, July 14, 2025
Michael Douglas Explains It All
Jessa Crispin on what the actor’s roles tell us about the crisis of masculinity
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 11, 2025
On (Middle-Class) Frugality
Does cutting costs mean robbing oneself of life’s small delights?
By Sierra Bellows Thursday, July 10, 2025
“Daddy” by Sylvia Plath
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, July 8, 2025
America the Beautiful
The poem that became a hymn to the nation came about in troubled, polarizing times
By Lincoln Caplan Friday, July 4, 2025
The Devil’s Party?
Why we love Lucifer—and why Milton might have, too
By Edwin M. Yoder Jr. Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Wonderbrain
Inside the extraordinary minds of people who feel others’ emotions, hear hallucinations, and get lost in their own homes
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 27, 2018
Who’s the Boss?
When conductor and soloist clash, a concerto performance can turn into a contest of wills
By Sudip Bose Thursday, July 26, 2018
Strangers on a Train
A new perspective born of unexpected kindness
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, July 25, 2018
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Plus: Eric McHenry resurfaces another murder from blues music, Sierra Bellows weighs frugality against delight, and Marilyn Marks explores the politics of klezmer
Plus: Eric McHenry resurfaces another murder from blues music, Sierra Bellows weighs frugality against delight, and Marilyn Marks explores the politics of klezmer
Jeremy Spoke in Class Today
On guns, MTV, Stephen King, and the nightmare from which we cannot awake
By Paul Crenshaw Monday, June 2, 2025
The Rascal of Pont-Aven
Reassessing a renowned painter’s troubling life
By Hannah Stamler Monday, June 2, 2025
Who Killed the Mercy Man? 
An obscure murder keeps resurfacing in Black story and song
By Eric McHenry Monday, June 2, 2025
‘God-Knows-What-Kind-of-Classic’
Why shouldn’t America’s federal buildings speak to us in a language encompassing the old as well as the new?
By Witold Rybczynski Monday, June 2, 2025
A Fight With Cudgels
Meditations on death, Goya, and the immutability of art
By Nick Lyons Monday, June 2, 2025
Jeremy Spoke in Class Today
On guns, MTV, Stephen King, and the nightmare from which we cannot awake
By Paul Crenshaw Monday, June 2, 2025
The Rascal of Pont-Aven
Reassessing a renowned painter’s troubling life
By Hannah Stamler Monday, June 2, 2025
Who Killed the Mercy Man?
An obscure murder keeps resurfacing in Black story and song
By Eric McHenry Monday, June 2, 2025
‘God-Knows-What-Kind-of-Classic’
Why shouldn’t America’s federal buildings speak to us in a language encompassing the old as well as the new?
By Witold Rybczynski Monday, June 2, 2025
A Fight With Cudgels
Meditations on death, Goya, and the immutability of art