Nonfiction

When Does a Divorce Begin?

Most people think of it as failure. For me it was an achievement.
Anahid Nersessian

Vanity Fair’s Heyday

I was once paid six figures to write an article—now what?
Bryan Burrough

Taking Offense

Reading through bad feeling
Garth Greenwell
Dan Fox as a child with his nain, or grandmother, in the chicken-filled yard of Siambr Wen, near Llanrwst, North Wales, UK

What Happened When I Began to Speak Welsh

By learning my family's language, I hoped to join their conversation.
Dan Fox
Sepia toned photograph showing painter Joan Mitchell behind a canvas in her studio

The Unfolding of Time in Paint

My encounters with Joan Mitchell's panels
Rachel Cohen

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Jean Stein’s Rolodex

The legendary editor’s social genius
Benjamin Anastas
June 10, 2024

Louise Glück’s Late Style

The fabular turn in the poet’s last three books
Teju Cole
June 10, 2024

Poetically Speaking

A new book makes the case for bewilderment as a critical virtue
Brian Dillon
June 10, 2024

Rembrandt’s Reclining Female Nude

What the print reveals about a body at rest
Rachel Eisendrath
June 10, 2024

Stealing the Show

Why conservatives killed America’s federally funded theater
Charlie Tyson
June 10, 2024

Teju Cole

An Introduction to the 2024 Finzi-Contini Lecture
Meghan O’Rourke
June 10, 2024

The Critic as Friend

The challenge of reading generously
Merve Emre
June 10, 2024

Absolute Darkness

A curious disorientation
Lydia Davis
June 3, 2024

Palestinian Solidarity, Then and Now

The power of encampment as a form of protest
Feisal G. Mohamed
May 29, 2024

Tiger’s Eye Mala

The prayer beads that saw me through a feverish midlife crisis
Lauren Groff
May 22, 2024