SPOTLIGHT
Puzzled
In the world of jigsaws, there can be a fine line between productivity and pleasure
By Susannah Pratt Friday, July 18, 2025
SPOTLIGHT
Puzzled
In the world of jigsaws, there can be a fine line between productivity and pleasure
By Susannah Pratt Friday, July 18, 2025
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
In the Frame of the Father
The lyrical, spiritual work of Darrel Ellis began with a precious inheritance
By Our Editors Monday, January 30, 2023
Medieval Madams
Eleanor Janega on the overlooked lives of ordinary women
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 27, 2023
More Than Mere Words
The strange allure of the printed page
By Steven G. Kellman Thursday, January 26, 2023
“Postscript” by Seamus Heaney
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Claire Whitehurst
Reflections of Ourselves
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, January 23, 2023
The Sensual Sargent
Paul Fisher on the restless life of an American great
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 20, 2023
The End Is Only the Beginning
Our species may soon evolve, with the help of technology, into something more than human
By Adam Kirsch Thursday, January 19, 2023
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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