SPOTLIGHT

Call It Macaroni

Susan Stryker on her new book, Changing Gender

By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 4, 2026

SPOTLIGHT

Call It Macaroni

Susan Stryker on her new book, Changing Gender

By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 4, 2026

Tuning Up

Adding Wimsey to My Life

How I fell in love with a fictional detective

Asturias Days

On Returning

Read Me a Poem

“Everybody Who Is Dead” by Frank Stanford

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Gilt Trip

Who Is the Samurai, and Who Is the Prisoner?

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s films show that when it comes to history, some blanks aren’t meant to be filled

Book Reviews

Knot in my Back Yard

Not all non-native plants and animals need to be eradicated

Asturias Days

The Save Pile

Read Me a Poem

“The Giver” by James Baldwin

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Portrait of the Artist

Karyn Olivier

The mutability of materials

Arts

Galleries of the World

An interview with the Met’s Daniel H. Weiss

Article

What Is a Dog?

Friendship, faith, and love, for starters—yet our relationships with our canine companions contain many more unfathomable mysteries

Arts

Going Dutch

In these relentlessly disruptive times, 17th-century canvases from the Netherlands can provide moments of solace and hope

Article

Tuskegee Truth Teller

Peter Buxtun, like many medical whistleblowers, got little thanks for exposing a notorious scandal

Editors’ Picks

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

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Editors’ Picks

14 Novels of Love Gone Wrong

Relationships doomed, damned, or otherwise disappointing

Editors’ Picks

Spooktacular Books

Thirteen tales it would be monstrous of you to miss

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