From the Archives

The Poet as a Young Critic

In Thom Gunn’s early work for The Yale Review, he valued style above all else
Langdon Hammer

The Role of the Modern Writer

In his work for The Yale Review, Thomas Mann grappled with an artist’s relationship to society
Morten Høi Jensen


The Apostle of Love

How Thomas Mann discovered sensual education in The Magic Mountain
Merve Emre

A. Philip Randolph

Remembering the civil rights leader and my friend of over four decades
Bayard Rustin

The Common Reader

Virginia Woolf in The Yale Review
Claire Messud

"A magazine is not a static thing or the creation of a single mind: it’s a site of the social and communal practice of thought."

Meghan O'Rourke Resurfacing Gems from The Yale Review's Archives

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The Common Fate

Robert Frost
July 1, 1927

The Minor Bird

Robert Frost
July 1, 1927

The Rose Family

Robert Frost
July 1, 1927

Tree at My Window

Robert Frost
July 1, 1927
A painting of a woman reading at a table.

How Should One Read a Book?

Read it as if one were writing it
Virginia Woolf
September 1, 1926

I Will Sing You One-O

Robert Frost
October 1, 1923

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Robert Frost
October 1, 1923