The Supreme Court v. My Mother The Supreme Court v. My Mother
After my mother escaped the Holocaust, she broke the law to save her family. Her immigration story is more pertinent today than ever before.
Dec 13, 2025 / Leo Treitler
Does Russian Feminism Have a Future? Does Russian Feminism Have a Future?
A Russian feminist reflects on Julia Ioffe’s history of modern Russia.
Dec 10, 2025 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
Forrest Gander’s Desert Phenomenology Forrest Gander’s Desert Phenomenology
His poems bridge the gap between nature’s wild expanse and the private space of one’s imagination.
Dec 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Bailey Trela
Capitalism’s Toxic Nature Capitalism’s Toxic Nature
A conversation with Alyssa Battistoni about the essential and contradictory nature of capitalism to the environment and her new book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nat...
Dec 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Solvej Balle and the Tyranny of Time Solvej Balle and the Tyranny of Time
The Danish novelist’s septology, On the Calculation of Volume, asks what fiction can explore when you remove one of its key characteristics—the idea of time itself.
Dec 4, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Dilara O’Neil
Luigi Pirandello’s Broken Men Luigi Pirandello’s Broken Men
The Nobel Prize-winning writer was once seen as Italy’s great man of letters. Why was he forgotten?
Dec 2, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Gus O’Connor
[they’re in their lord of the flies bag] [they’re in their lord of the flies bag]
Nov 26, 2025 / Poems / Fatimah Asghar
The Inexplicable Logic of Contact Sports The Inexplicable Logic of Contact Sports
In The Season, Helen Garner considers the zeal and irrationality of fandom and her country’s favorite pastime, Australian rules football.
Nov 26, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Mikaela Dery
The Return of Richard Siken The Return of Richard Siken
After achieving a rare crossover hit with 2005’s Crush, the poet rebelled against public attention. With I Do Know Some Things, he splays himself open for his readers.
Nov 25, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Yvonne Kim
The 1935 Novel That Predicted Trump’s Second Term The 1935 Novel That Predicted Trump’s Second Term
Sinclair Lewis imagined an American version of the rise of fascism in Europe. His predictions didn’t come true then, but seem eerily familiar now.
Nov 20, 2025 / Column / Chris Lehmann