SPOTLIGHT
The Importance of Being Idle
What Paul Lafargue taught us about work
By Robert Zaretsky Monday, March 30, 2026
SPOTLIGHT
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
“Field and Forest” by Randall Jarrell
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Shotgun Ornithology
James H. McCommons on the first American efforts to save the birds
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 20, 2026
Thinking in the Margins
What Oliver Sacks jotted down in the books he read
By Bill Hayes Thursday, March 19, 2026
“A Birthday Present” by Sylvia Plath
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Literary Life on the Rocks
A writer’s own ordeal highlights the banal sameness of addiction
By Domenica Ruta Monday, March 5, 2018
Galleries of the World
An interview with the Met’s Daniel H. Weiss
By Robert J. Bliwise Monday, March 5, 2018
What Is a Dog?
Friendship, faith, and love, for starters—yet our relationships with our canine companions contain many more unfathomable mysteries
By Chloe Shaw Monday, March 5, 2018
Going Dutch
In these relentlessly disruptive times, 17th-century canvases from the Netherlands can provide moments of solace and hope
By Jason Wilson Monday, March 5, 2018
Tuskegee Truth Teller
Peter Buxtun, like many medical whistleblowers, got little thanks for exposing a notorious scandal
By Carl Elliott Monday, December 4, 2017
Five Books Banned for Dubious Reasons—So You Should Definitely Read Them
Banned Books Week draws attention to free speech, intellectual freedom, and the right to quietly read a good novel
By Our Editors Monday, October 2, 2017
14 Novels of Love Gone Wrong
Relationships doomed, damned, or otherwise disappointing
By Our Editors Thursday, February 11, 2016
Spooktacular Books
Thirteen tales it would be monstrous of you to miss
By Our Editors Thursday, October 22, 2015
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
