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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Criticism
10 Ways Ms., Sassy, and Jezebel Changed Your Life!
How contradiction drove fifty years of feminist media
September 18, 2023
How Emily Wilson Reimagined Homer
Her boldly innovative translation of the Iliad is an epic for our time
September 18, 2023
The Choice Plot
Why are so many new novels obsessed with whether–and how–to have children?
September 18, 2023
Service or Servitude?
The Bear and The Menu give us very different views of capitalism
September 12, 2023
The Consolations of Failure
Two new books look at what failing can—and cannot—teach us
June 12, 2023
