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Unpublished journal entries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

A black-and-white photo of Patricia Highsmith smoking at her kitchen table in Tegna, Switzerland
Memoir

The Talented Ms. Highsmith

I worked for the novelist in her final months. I thought she wanted to kill me.
Elena Gosalvez Blanco
June 9, 2025
Books

When Fact-Checking Meant Something

A new novel captures a bygone era in New York journalism
Susan Choi
June 9, 2025
A portrait of Edmund White wearing a navy-blue sweater and standing on a red-staired NYC stoop with a wrought-iron railing
Tribute

Edmund White

My friend in literature, laughter, and grief
Yiyun Li
June 6, 2025
Interviews

John Cassidy

The author on capitalism’s critics, why everyone is so unhappy with the system, and what may come next
James Surowiecki
May 27, 2025
Gallery view of dandyishly dressed mannequins in the “Heritage” section at the Met’s Superfine exhibit
Art

Turning Style into Power

How the Black dandy used clothing to challenge authority
Richard Thompson Ford
May 20, 2025
Essays

The Ragpicker's Way

Among scraps and ruins, an artist gathers a different kind of archive
Edmund de Waal
May 13, 2025
Objects of Desire

Rubber Bands

How can we extend love?
Catherine Barnett
May 6, 2025
The Moment

The Post-Francis Church

Catholicism has long wrestled with tradition and modernity. Will the late pope’s legacy offer a way forward?
Jack Hanson
April 29, 2025
Black and white photograph of lecture hall desks in a semi-circle
The Moment

A View from Here

Trump's attacks on higher education and the work of a little magazine
Meghan O’Rourke
April 23, 2025
Books

Andrea Long Chu's Problem with Authority

She built a critical voice on risk and provocation. Who is she speaking to now?
Sam Huber
April 15, 2025