Daphne Merkin The Golden Age of Glossies Women’s magazines were once a well-paying forum for inquiry into the interior life. January 30, 2023
Francesca Wade Highly Eccentric Characters “Every biography is a work of artifice—it creates a narrative out of life, which is messy, unpredictable, contradictory, and mostly private.” January 28, 2023
Sam Huber Risk, Originality, Commitment For Andrea Dworkin, literature and social change were always entwined. January 26, 2023
Austin Gilkeson The Lore of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien’s fiction is suffused with the pleasures of scholarship and study. Amazon’s new franchise The Rings of Power can’t sit still. January 24, 2023
Martin Filler Beauty and Utility “A well-executed building or inviting public space can bring people together in ways that strengthen our communal values and at the same time make us more aware of our individuality.” January 21, 2023
Max Rivlin-Nadler Out of Sight, Out of Mind Eric Adams’s involuntary hospitalization plan was the culmination of a year spent demonizing those on the lowest rung of New York City’s ladder. January 18, 2023
Felicia Kornbluh The Grassroots of ‘Roe’ My mother’s part in the 1970 repeal of New York’s abortion law is a lesson for today’s activists: all politics is local. January 16, 2023
Alexander Burns Man About the House “It would be good for voters’ confidence in democracy if there were a clearer connection between what people vote for in an election and what a governing party is able to do once it wins power.” January 14, 2023
Ishmael Reed A New Flame for Black Fire What will be the legacy of the Black Arts Movement? January 14, 2023