Nonfiction

Memoir

Writing

Unpublished journal entries
Annie Ernaux
Objects of Desire

My Screenshots

In search of lost memes
Sarah Thankam Mathews
The Moment

The Birthday Party No One Wants

Why Americans aren't celebrating the semiquincentennial
Samuel Moyn
Essays

The End of Books

What happened when a dumpster arrived behind my university's library
Sheila Liming
Ideas

Reading the Declaration of Independence as Holy Text

How the American creed emerged—and evolved—over 250 years
Kathryn Lofton
Essays

Toni Morrison’s Native Figures

A new reading of race in her novels
Namwali Serpell

Browse

Nonfiction

Art

Inheriting Impressionism

Monet and Ja’Tovia Gary among the water lilies
Rachel Cohen
December 10, 2024
Objects of Desire

My Face

When I look in the bathroom mirror, I see my past and future selves
Melissa Febos
December 10, 2024
Books

The Sexual Histories of Alan Hollinghurst

In Our Evenings, the novelist grapples with a divided Britain
Andrew Martin
December 10, 2024
Books

The Surrealists Move to Mexico City

What Leonora Carrington and her peers found in their new home
Chloe Aridjis
December 10, 2024
A Closer Look

What Irony Makes Visible

Fifty years later, Stephen Shore's photographs reveal an impending crisis
Aaron Matz
December 10, 2024
Essays

Willem de Kooning’s Jacket

Can I be worthy of an inheritance from my hero?
Megan Craig
December 10, 2024
Objects of Desire

My Rosary

A priest from my childhood was convicted of embezzlement. Years later, he still informs my faith.
Nicholas Russell
November 27, 2024
Annotating the Archives

The Role of the Modern Writer

In his work for The Yale Review, Thomas Mann grappled with an artist’s relationship to society
Morten Høi Jensen
November 21, 2024
Essays

The Apostle of Love

How Thomas Mann discovered sensual education in The Magic Mountain
Merve Emre
November 20, 2024
Objects of Desire

The Creosote Sea

Finding peace in a humble desert shrub
Claire Vaye Watkins
October 30, 2024