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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Abstract photo of bent-over nude

Taking Offense

Reading through bad feeling
Garth Greenwell
June 9, 2025

The Renegade Richard Foreman

How the downtown playwright reinvented theater
Jennifer Krasinski
June 9, 2025
A black-and-white photo of Patricia Highsmith smoking at her kitchen table in Tegna, Switzerland

The Talented Ms. Highsmith

I worked for the novelist in her final months. I thought she wanted to kill me.
Elena Gosalvez Blanco
June 9, 2025

When Fact-Checking Meant Something

A new novel captures a bygone era in New York journalism
Susan Choi
June 9, 2025
A portrait of Edmund White wearing a navy-blue sweater and standing on a red-staired NYC stoop with a wrought-iron railing

Edmund White

My friend in literature, laughter, and grief
Yiyun Li
June 6, 2025

John Cassidy

The author on capitalism’s critics, why everyone is so unhappy with the system, and what may come next
James Surowiecki
May 27, 2025
Gallery view of dandyishly dressed mannequins in the “Heritage” section at the Met’s Superfine exhibit

Turning Style into Power

How the Black dandy used clothing to challenge authority
Richard Thompson Ford
May 20, 2025

The Ragpicker's Way

Among scraps and ruins, an artist gathers a different kind of archive
Edmund de Waal
May 13, 2025

Rubber Bands

How can we extend love?
Catherine Barnett
May 6, 2025

The Post-Francis Church

Catholicism has long wrestled with tradition and modernity. Will the late pope’s legacy offer a way forward?
Jack Hanson
April 29, 2025