Criticism
Is the Twenty-First Century a Creative Void?
Critics mourn a bygone cultural era. But nostalgia for the new isn't new.
Reading the Declaration of Independence as Holy Text
How the American creed emerged—and evolved—over 250 years
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Books
Styles of Radical Illness
Anne Boyer diagnoses the lies we still tell about cancer
January 1, 2020
Music
From Films to Operas
New interpretations of It's a Wonderful Life, The Exterminating Angel, and more
July 1, 2019
Books
The Fiction of Uwe Johnson
A review of Anniversaries: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl
July 1, 2019
