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January 6, 2023 5:30 am
Rupi Kaur, Social Media’s Poet Laureate, Switches to Self-Help
But her view of popular creativity as a healing practice renders it immune to criticism—and excellence.
December 30, 2022 5:30 am
How to Draw Nothing
Nick Drnaso’s much-anticipated graphic novel ‘Acting Class’ leaves everything to the reader’s imagination.
December 29, 2022 5:30 am
Wendell Berry’s Peculiar Patriotism
In a big new book, the farmer-philosopher makes a case for preserving Confederate statues—but leans more on sympathy than on…
December 29, 2022 5:30 am
In Search of North America’s Great Unclaimed Writer
Clark Blaise’s melancholy stories show us Canada and the United States from the vantage of those who are forever just…
December 28, 2022 5:30 am
Plagues of the Body and Plagues of the Mind
Orhan Pamuk’s ‘Nights of Plague’ is a book for our moment, not because it’s a pandemic novel, but because of…
December 16, 2022 5:30 am
Breaking Out of the Walled Garden of Literature
Helen DeWitt’s new novella, ‘The English Understand Wool,’ thumbs its nose at the publishing industry while beckoning readers beyond its…
December 15, 2022 5:30 am
What Christopher Hitchens Can Teach Us About Liberalism
Eleven years after his death, a look at the English writer’s dedication to democracy, free expression, and the idea of…
November 8, 2022 5:30 am
What Ails the American Male?
Richard Reeves has plenty of good proposals—and one blind spot.
June 27, 2022 5:30 am
The Contradictions of Jefferson’s Vision for an American University
His philosophy of education and the messy realities of the democratic-yet-elite school he founded.
February 9, 2022 5:30 am
The High Cost of How We Work
Why do our jobs leave so many of us exhausted, cynical, and feeling useless—and what can we do about it?
