Books and Ideas

Vinson Cunningham’s Searching Novel of Faith and Politics

Vinson Cunningham’s Searching Novel of Faith and Politics Vinson Cunningham’s Searching Novel of Faith and Politics

In Great Expectations, Cunningham examines the hope and aspirations of the Obama generation.

May 8, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Tope Folarin

Nell Irvin Painter’s Chronicles of Freedom

Nell Irvin Painter’s Chronicles of Freedom Nell Irvin Painter’s Chronicles of Freedom

A new career-spanning book offers a portrait of Painter’s career as a historian, essayist, and most recently visual artist.

May 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

Leslie Jamison and the Travails of Millennial Divorce

Leslie Jamison and the Travails of Millennial Divorce Leslie Jamison and the Travails of Millennial Divorce

In her new book, the novelist and essayist examines life before and after marriage.

May 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme

Gabriel García Márquez’s Last Lesson

Gabriel García Márquez’s Last Lesson Gabriel García Márquez’s Last Lesson

His final novel, Until August, serves as not only a record of his last struggles with illness but also as a document of courage.

May 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Nicolás Medina Mora

Choosing Sides

Choosing Sides Choosing Sides

May 7, 2024 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Ada Limón

Ada Limón: "The Country Has Taught Me That Poetry Lives Everywhere." Ada Limón: "The Country Has Taught Me That Poetry Lives Everywhere."

The US poet laureate on nature, the art of America, and her new anthology.

May 7, 2024 / Q&A / Sara Franklin

Peggy Noonan

Campus Protesters Were Right to Spurn Peggy Noonan, Emblem of Media Obtuseness Campus Protesters Were Right to Spurn Peggy Noonan, Emblem of Media Obtuseness

Our narcissistic media elite doesn’t understand why their lies have made young people wary.

May 6, 2024 / Jeet Heer

A Left Between Victory and Defeat

A Left Between Victory and Defeat A Left Between Victory and Defeat

How can the left escape burning out?

May 6, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Sam Adler-Bell

Nation Poetry

Sapphic Fragment Sapphic Fragment

May 2, 2024 / Poems / Madeleine Cravens

American author, screenwriter, and satirist Terry Southern (1924–1995).

Why Terry Southern Was “the Most Useful Writer” in America Why Terry Southern Was “the Most Useful Writer” in America

The satirist, Nation critic, Dr. Strangelove cowriter, and “eggheaded prankster” was born exactly 100 years ago, and his work remains as relevant as ever.

May 1, 2024 / Column / Richard Kreitner

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