Essays

Essays

Toni Morrison’s Native Figures

A new reading of race in her novels
Namwali Serpell
Folio

How LLMs Set My Fiction Free

Writing no longer felt like experimenting. AI made it fun again.
Christopher Sorrentino
Folio

My AI Boyfriend

A cynic enters the data pool
Lauren Oyler
Folio

Chasing Alice

The life and death of a chatbot
Sheila Heti
Folio

Donna Haraway’s Utopian Promise

We were supposed to become feminist cyborgs. Instead, we got ChatGPT.
Meghan O’Gieblyn
Folio

Jagged Intelligence

The dangerous unknowns at the heart of LLMs
Melanie Mitchell

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The Comforts of Geological Time

How to grieve when you don’t know how
Edmée Lepercq
March 11, 2025
Objects of Desire

A Dingy White Mug

Holding on to my Nashville childhood
Emily Bernard
February 11, 2025
The Moment

Memecoins, Monologues, and Sharpies

A diary of Trump’s inauguration week
James Surowiecki
January 24, 2025
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Our Most-Read Prose of 2024

December 17, 2024
Essays

In Search of Zabihollah Mansouri

Was Iran’s most famous translator secretly its most prolific author?
Amir Ahmadi Arian
December 10, 2024
Essays

In the Steps of Yvonne Rainer

What failing dance class taught me about writing
John Haskell
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
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