Benjamin Moser

Benjamin Moser is a Nation contributing writer. For Sontag: Her Life and Work, he won the Pulitzer Prize. His next book, Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History, is coming from Doubleday in 2026.

Delegates wearing keffiyehs hold up signs with the names of people who died in the Gaza war on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on August 20, 2024.

I’m Still Hoping to Vote for Kamala Harris I’m Still Hoping to Vote for Kamala Harris

But the hope I felt when she became the nominee has been curdling into despair over her refusal to allow a Palestinian to address the convention—and her continuing silence on Gaza...

Aug 30, 2024 / Benjamin Moser

How Gayness Changed During My Lifetime

How Gayness Changed During My Lifetime How Gayness Changed During My Lifetime

When I came out, I steeled myself to join a minority—only to find that my identity had become a marketing niche.

Jun 27, 2022 / Feature / Benjamin Moser

The War of Words Between Between “Rashka” and Ukraine

The War of Words Between Between “Rashka” and Ukraine The War of Words Between Between “Rashka” and Ukraine

On the culture front between “Rashka” and Ukraine.

Mar 17, 2022 / Benjamin Moser

The Book Arsenal: A Dispatch From the Cultural Front in Kyiv

The Book Arsenal: A Dispatch From the Cultural Front in Kyiv The Book Arsenal: A Dispatch From the Cultural Front in Kyiv

Ukrainian publisher Anetta Antonenko has her books, her cats, her language—and her gun.

Feb 28, 2022 / Benjamin Moser

DEFENSE D'AFFICHER

Two Cheers for the Free Press Two Cheers for the Free Press

And why Democratic attempts to cure excesses through censorship are not only wrong but stupid.

Jul 29, 2021 / Column / Benjamin Moser

A Year Lived Inside With Instagram and a Dutch Master

A Year Lived Inside With Instagram and a Dutch Master A Year Lived Inside With Instagram and a Dutch Master

What Pieter de Hooch, social media, and the lockdown taught me.

Jun 3, 2021 / Feature / Benjamin Moser

A Prophet at the Barbecue: Larry McMurtry, 1936–2021

A Prophet at the Barbecue: Larry McMurtry, 1936–2021 A Prophet at the Barbecue: Larry McMurtry, 1936–2021

Three views of a Texas giant.

May 7, 2021 / Feature / Benjamin Moser

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