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Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction

Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction

“Once I wanted poetry to save me. From what? For what is the better question.”

By Christian Wiman | December 5, 2023

<em>Poor Things</em> is a Curious Phantasmagoria

Poor Things is a Curious Phantasmagoria

Olivia Rutigliano on Yorgos Lanthimos’s (Best) New Film

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 5, 2023

“The Frisson of Pure Evil.” An Oral History of the Release of the Velvet Underground’s First Album

“The Frisson of Pure Evil.” An Oral History of the Release of the Velvet Underground’s First Album

“There were just so many layers and so many colors. Even if all the colors were dark.”

By Dylan Jones | December 5, 2023

Bulent Atalay on the Transgressive Minds of Geniuses

Bulent Atalay on the Transgressive Minds of Geniuses

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 5, 2023

Walden, Freestyled: Reimagining and Reclaiming What It Means to Be Black in Nature

Walden, Freestyled: Reimagining and Reclaiming What It Means to Be Black in Nature

Edward Moreta Jr. on White Western Nature Writing, JID's 29 (Freestyle), and Longing for Black Representation in Wild Settings

By Edward Moreta Jr. | December 4, 2023

How the Neolithic Age Marked the Beginning of the Modern World

How the Neolithic Age Marked the Beginning of the Modern World

John Charles Chasteen on When Homo Sapiens Became Human, For Better and For Worse

By John Charles Chasteen | December 4, 2023

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By Jessica Powers | December 4, 2023

Kliph Nesteroff on the History of Americans Objecting to Comedy

By Keen On | December 4, 2023

Mosab Abu Toha and his family have made it to Egypt.

Mosab Abu Toha and his family have made it to Egypt.

By Dan Sheehan | December 4, 2023

RIP Shane MacGowan: 7 Pogues Songs That Would Make Great Short Stories

RIP Shane MacGowan: 7 Pogues Songs That Would Make Great Short Stories

Farewell to a True Legend

By Jonny Diamond | December 1, 2023

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in December

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in December

The End of the Year Approaches

By Emily Temple | December 1, 2023

Feminine Appetites in Todd Haynes’s <em>May December</em>

Feminine Appetites in Todd Haynes’s May December

Hannah Bonner on the Aesthetics of Tabloid Culture

By Hannah Bonner | December 1, 2023

William B. Eimicke on Making Higher Education More Inclusive and Connected

William B. Eimicke on Making Higher Education More Inclusive and Connected

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 1, 2023

The 10 Best Book Covers of November

The 10 Best Book Covers of November

A Nice Row of Palate Cleansers

By Emily Temple | November 30, 2023

“Is That a First Edition of <em>The Iliad</em>?” Meet One of History’s Great Manuscript Forgers

“Is That a First Edition of The Iliad?” Meet One of History’s Great Manuscript Forgers

On Constantine Simonides, a Mysterious Stranger in the Cotswolds...

By Christopher de Hamel | November 30, 2023

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