In Praise of Physical Books: From Symbols of Cultural Capital to... Cultural Relics?

In Praise of Physical Books: From Symbols of Cultural Capital to... Cultural Relics?

George Prochnik on Why Reading Offline Remains Essential

By George Prochnik | September 29, 2022

In Praise of TK: Why the Handy Shorthand Has a Surprising Emotional Hold on Me

In Praise of TK: Why the Handy Shorthand Has a Surprising Emotional Hold on Me

Sophie Vershbow on the Remnants of Past Careers That Stay with Us

By Sophie Vershbow | September 29, 2022

A Brief History of (My) Dark Academia

A Brief History of (My) Dark Academia

"Dark academia is academia’s black swan and shadow self."

By Adrienne Raphel | September 28, 2022

Intimacy and Manipulation: A Reading List of Fictional Diaries

Intimacy and Manipulation: A Reading List of Fictional Diaries

Elizabeth Brooks Recommends Books by E.M. Delafield, Margaret Forster, and More

By Elizabeth Brooks | September 28, 2022

David Milch on Language and Obscenity in <em>Deadwood</em>

David Milch on Language and Obscenity in Deadwood

The Series Creator on Westerns, Civility, and Iambic Pentameter

By David Milch | September 28, 2022

How Amnesia Helped Ingrid Rojas Contreras Tell Her Family’s Stories

How Amnesia Helped Ingrid Rojas Contreras Tell Her Family’s Stories

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | September 28, 2022

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Annie Ernaux on the “Infinite Lack” in Our Search for Love

By Annie Ernaux | September 27, 2022

Kamila Shamsie on Finding the Perfect Writing Space

By Kamila Shamsie | September 27, 2022

Six Books That Explore Loss Through Poetic Means

By Juliet Patterson | September 27, 2022

Julia Reed on the Memories Woven Into Well-Worn Clothes

Julia Reed on the Memories Woven Into Well-Worn Clothes

”Years from now when I find them in my closet I will remember what havoc I will have wreaked.”

By Julia Reed | September 26, 2022

Conjuring Family Through Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

Conjuring Family Through Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

Maren Ellingboe King on Making Classic Midwestern Cuisine for the Modern Era

By Maren Ellingboe King | September 23, 2022

The Difficulty of Writing About Male Intimacy

The Difficulty of Writing About Male Intimacy

Michael Pedersen on Male Friendship and Vulnerability

By Michael Pedersen | September 22, 2022

Malaka Gharib on a Summer in Egypt and Learning to Love Her Stepmother

Malaka Gharib on a Summer in Egypt and Learning to Love Her Stepmother

From her Graphic Memoir, It Won't Always Be Like This

By Malaka Gharib | September 21, 2022

Allure and Illusions: My Seven-Year-Old, Me, and the Cult of Gymnastics

Allure and Illusions: My Seven-Year-Old, Me, and the Cult of Gymnastics

Alison Wisdom Finds Similarities Between an Elite Sport and a Fundamentalist Church

By Alison Wisdom | September 21, 2022

Screaming in Secret: Dahlia Lithwick on the Women Who Work Within the Legal System

Screaming in Secret: Dahlia Lithwick on the Women Who Work Within the Legal System

“For all the flaws of the legal system, of the court system, and even of the #MeToo movement, it helped us find our way to one another.”

By Dahlia Lithwick | September 20, 2022

Where Blackness is a World of Possibility

Where Blackness is a World of Possibility

Hafizah Augustus Geter on the Shape of Black Joy

By Hafizah Augustus Geter | September 20, 2022

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