SPOTLIGHT

A Teacher and a Friend

The roots of Anthony Benezet’s campaign against slavery—and his belief in Black and white equality—can be traced to the remarkable school he ran out of his home

By David Chanoff | Thursday, October 1, 2026

SPOTLIGHT

A Teacher and a Friend

The roots of Anthony Benezet’s campaign against slavery—and his belief in Black and white equality—can be traced to the remarkable school he ran out of his home

By David Chanoff | Thursday, October 1, 2026

Asturias Days

Where Are You Bound?

By Clellan Coe | Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Read Me a Poem

“Psalm 102” by Mary Sidney Herbert

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Gilt Trip

The Allure of Eden on Earth

Three books ponder the never-ending search for utopia

By Jessa Crispin | Friday, September 25, 2026

Web Essays

Reading Like a Citizen

Civic education is resurgent in America, but why are the language arts missing from the curriculum?

By Gregory Laski | Thursday, September 24, 2026

Asturias Days

Can, Still

By Clellan Coe | Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Read Me a Poem

“Cubistic Body World” by Carolyn Rodgers

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Portrait of the Artist

Romina Chuls

Our bodies, a mirror of the land

By Noelani Kirschner | Monday, September 21, 2026

Smarty Pants Podcast

The Extreme Path

Andrew Rankin on Japan’s infamous underworld

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday, September 18, 2026

Article

My Two Front Teeth

Reflections on a lifetime of dental drama

By Joshua Bodwell | Thursday, September 17, 2026

Book Reviews

Literary Life on the Rocks

A writer’s own ordeal highlights the banal sameness of addiction

By Domenica Ruta | Monday, March 5, 2018

Arts

Galleries of the World

An interview with the Met’s Daniel H. Weiss

By Robert J. Bliwise | Monday, March 5, 2018

Article

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

Arts

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

Article

Tuskegee Truth Teller

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

By Carl Elliott | Monday, December 4, 2017

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

By Our Editors | Monday, October 2, 2017

Fiction

All Her Names

By Kali Fajardo-Anstine | Monday, June 6, 2016

Editors’ Picks

14 Novels of Love Gone Wrong

Relationships doomed, damned, or otherwise disappointing

By Our Editors | Thursday, February 11, 2016

Editors’ Picks

Spooktacular Books

Thirteen tales it would be monstrous of you to miss

By Our Editors | Thursday, October 22, 2015

current issue

“Being honored by a society is different from being honored by society—but isn’t that the very point of a society? To celebrate and advocate for the wider recognition of a special set of values so that they might in time reshape society at large?”—Augustine Sedgewick, “The Two Ladies of Vermont”

Plus: The Phi Beta Kappa Society turns 250, Emily Bernard on her complicated obsession with Carl Van Vechten, Joshua Bodwell loses (part of) a tooth, and much more