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A portrait of Edmund White wearing a navy-blue sweater and standing on a red-staired NYC stoop with a wrought-iron railing
Tribute

Edmund White

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

I came looking for the genius behind La Ronde—and found a man sulking over old clippings
Quentin Bell
April 1, 1987
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E. M. Forster

The novelist valued friendship above all else
Robert Giroux
April 1, 1987
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A Courier for Jacques Lacan

The psychoanalyst invited me for lunch at his Parisian apartment—and drew me into his orbit
Eileen Simpson
April 1, 1987
Interviews

Michael Wolff

Why Trump's Epstein problem won't go away
James Surowiecki
July 24, 2025
Grayscale AI rendering of road-rage victim Christopher Pelkey
Essays

When AI Speaks for the Dead

A murder victim recently addressed a defendant with the help of AI. What are the limits of our new reality?
Patricia J. Williams
September 8, 2025
Black-and-white photo of an empty canal on the island of Murano in Venice, Italy
Essays

The Husband

My three trips to Venice, before and after marriage
Anne Enright
September 8, 2025
Sepia-toned image of Mary Oliver by the sea
Books

Is Mary Oliver Embarrassing?

Shame seemed like an obstacle to appreciating the poet. Instead, it became the key to understanding her work.
Maggie Millner
September 2, 2025
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On Some Functions of Literature

Umberto Eco,
translated by Martin McLaughlin
October 1, 2004
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The Religion-Making Imagination of Joseph Smith

Harold Bloom
April 1, 1992