Non-fiction

October 3, 1925: Gore Vidal Is Born

October 3, 1925: Gore Vidal Is Born October 3, 1925: Gore Vidal Is Born

“In hindsight, I can see that our ending was implicit in our beginning.”

Oct 3, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

The Kiss (III)

The Kiss (III) The Kiss (III)

A writer imagines a secret courtship before the advent of technology.

Sep 21, 2015 / Robert Walser

Classics of Catholic Economics

Classics of Catholic Economics Classics of Catholic Economics

In this issue, Nathan Schneider writes about Pope Francis’s economics. Here, he recommends five books of Catholic thought that display strikingly similar concerns to those of secul…

Sep 10, 2015 / Nathan Schneider

August 27, 1963: W.E.B. Du Bois Dies

August 27, 1963: W.E.B. Du Bois Dies August 27, 1963: W.E.B. Du Bois Dies

“A society based on money values may reject such a man as scornfully as one based on the tradition of slavery, but a society based upon character and culture will always welcome hi...

Aug 27, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Shirin Batshon

The War on Women in Israel The War on Women in Israel

Sexist laws and institutions threaten all women in Israel, but Arab women are beset from all sides.

Aug 19, 2015 / Samuel Thrope

José Martí statue in Central Park NYC

Walking New York With Cuba’s Revolutionary Poet Walking New York With Cuba’s Revolutionary Poet

“Culture is as subtle as air, and like perfume more vaporous than visible,” José Martí said in 1884. “But a sign of culture is a desire for it, and this is New York.”

Aug 12, 2015 / Rosa Miriam Elizalde

E.L. Doctorow

So Long, E.L. Doctorow, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh So Long, E.L. Doctorow, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh

You were a friend, a supporter of The Nation, and one of America’s great novelists.

Jul 30, 2015 / Victor Navasky

Chucky Taylor

Chucky Taylor, Liberia’s Other Monster Chucky Taylor, Liberia’s Other Monster

The fate of Liberia was ensnared by uniquely American pathologies.

Jul 30, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Leaf

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Letters From the August 17-24, 2015, Issue Letters From the August 17-24, 2015, Issue

Bad weather, useful idiots, the oily truth, telling privilege…

Jul 30, 2015 / Our Readers

Joseph Mitchell.

The Most Eccentric New Yorkers and the Writer Who Loved Them The Most Eccentric New Yorkers and the Writer Who Loved Them

Joseph Mitchell and his subjects were “all freaks together.”

Jul 16, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Robert S. Boynton

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