SPOTLIGHT

Riot Girls

Jessica Hopper shines a spotlight on the too-often-overlooked women of rock history

By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 24, 2026

SPOTLIGHT

Riot Girls

Jessica Hopper shines a spotlight on the too-often-overlooked women of rock history

By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 24, 2026

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Flowers in July

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Thanatos Rising

A 1930s correspondence between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud laid out each man’s views on war and peace

Read Me a Poem

“The Idea of Order at Key West” by Wallace Stevens

Poems read aloud, beautifully

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Beckett the Prophet

We are all, it seems, still waiting for Godot

Article

My Teacher

Through periods both fallow and rich, Lore Segal knew only one way to spend her days—by writing

Book Reviews

Bending Toward Justice

Rejecting the “race riot” myth means facing the ugly truth

Asturias Days

What on Earth?

Read Me a Poem

“The Bean-Stalk” by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Portrait of the Artist

Jesse Lee Kercheval

Our inner mythologies

Web Essays

Podcasts To Get You Thinking

Our new Daily Scholar columnist reviews the best educational offerings

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Flying Free

Measure by Measure

On St. Cecilia’s Day

Handel’s ode for November 22

View from Rue Saint-Georges

Bill of Health

The shock of entering the American health-care system

Portrait of the Artist

Jane Swavely

Neon Forests

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Adam’s Apple

Read Me a Poem

“The Owl and the Pussy-Cat” by Edward Lear

Poems read aloud, beautifully

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Through a Lens Darkly

A photographer on how we represent conflict

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