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

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

“Passion fills life to bursting.”

By Annie Ernaux | September 27, 2022

How an Architect’s Endless Pursuit of Artistic Perfection Drove Him To Despair

How an Architect’s Endless Pursuit of Artistic Perfection Drove Him To Despair

Charlotte Van den Broeck on the Italian Baroque Master, Francesco Borromini

By Charlotte Van den Broeck | September 26, 2022

How Truman Capote and Andy Warhol's Complex Friendship Marked Them Both

How Truman Capote and Andy Warhol's Complex Friendship Marked Them Both

Blake Gopnik and Rob Roth on Adapting the Conversations of Two American Icons for the Stage

By Blake Gopnik and Rob Roth | September 21, 2022

What the Wrongful Conviction and Imprisonment of Marvin Anderson Reveals About the American Legal System

What the Wrongful Conviction and Imprisonment of Marvin Anderson Reveals About the American Legal System

Daniel S. Medwed on the Biases and Systemic Failures That Keep Innocent People in Prison

By Daniel S. Medwed | September 21, 2022

Human Skulls, Misogynists, and Disability: On the Life of Marcella Hazan and Her Return to Culinary Simplicity

Human Skulls, Misogynists, and Disability: On the Life of Marcella Hazan and Her Return to Culinary Simplicity

When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Roast Chicken

By Victor Hazan | September 20, 2022

What Inspired a Bigoted Media Shock Jock to Start His Own Far-Right Fight Club?

What Inspired a Bigoted Media Shock Jock to Start His Own Far-Right Fight Club?

Andy Campbell on Gavin McInnes, the Founder of the Proud Boys

By Andy Campbell | September 20, 2022

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On Malcolm Lowry’s Yearslong, Fruitless Attempt to Adapt Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night for Film

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Andrea Wulf on the Origins and Enduring Legacy of German Romanticism

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Chinelo Okparanta on William Styron’s <em>Confessions of Nat Turner</em> and Writing Across Racial Identities

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On Muriel Spark’s Complicated Balancing of Writing and Motherhood

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Begoña Gómez Urzaiz Considers the Competing Demands of Career and Childcare

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A Profound Sense of Duty: What Josephine Baker Had in Common With Queen Elizabeth II

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Damien Lewis in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Hemlines and Court Lines: On the Evolution of Women’s Tennis Clothes

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell on Suzanne Lenglen—Tennis Pro and Fashion Icon

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Helen Rappaport in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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