Nonfiction

Essays

When Does a Divorce Begin?

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

Vanity Fair’s Heyday

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

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
Essays

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
Essays

The Unfolding of Time in Paint

My encounters with Joan Mitchell's panels
Rachel Cohen

Browse

Nonfiction

Tribute

Hilary Mantel

Remembering a singular prose stylist
Brian Dillon
September 27, 2022
Essays

Change Trains at Summit

Becoming a poet
Robert Pinsky
September 1, 2022
Folio

Hidden Words

Searching for meaning in a rubber stamp
Uljana Wolf
September 1, 2022
Essays

Invisible Bridges

On Ukraine, Russia, and friendships
Marci Shore
September 1, 2022
Folio

Reclaiming Our Language

Dictee as a feminist ritual
Zahra Patterson
September 1, 2022
Folio

Space to Grieve

An irreducible legacy
Latipa
September 1, 2022
Essays

Spiritualism’s Shadows

On COVID-19 and false consolation
Alicia Puglionesi
September 1, 2022
Essays

The Politics of Anger

Putin and the psychology of rage
Josh Cohen
September 1, 2022
Folio

The Stakes of Dictee

An introduction to a famously difficult work
Ken Chen
September 1, 2022
Folio

The Weight of Memory

Honoring my dear friend
Yong Soon Min
September 1, 2022