Drew Faust on Growing Up in the ’60s Drew Faust on Growing Up in the ’60s
A conversation with Harvard’s first woman president about how she became a civil rights and anti-war activist.
Aug 28, 2023 / Q&A / Jon Wiener
Ágota Kristóf and the Agony of the “Enemy” Language Ágota Kristóf and the Agony of the “Enemy” Language
In her memoir, The Illiterate, the formidable Hungarian writer details her lifelong battle with language as a tool of misunderstanding.
Aug 14, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Missouri Williams
Sinéad O’Connor (1966–2023): Premature Anti-Fascist Sinéad O’Connor (1966–2023): Premature Anti-Fascist
For years, O’Connor had been raising an alarm about pedophile priests exploiting children with impunity while an enabling Vatican hierarchy looked the other way.
Aug 1, 2023 / Obituary / Margaret Spillane
What My Parents Taught Me About Bodily Autonomy What My Parents Taught Me About Bodily Autonomy
I learned from an early age that honoring an individual’s wishes for their body is a sacred act.
Jun 27, 2023 / Feature / Angela Garbes
Celebrating Juneteenth by Emancipating History Celebrating Juneteenth by Emancipating History
A Black family’s pilgrimage to Mississippi.
Jun 19, 2023 / Jesse Hagopian
The Conviction of Lucinda Williams The Conviction of Lucinda Williams
The Nation spoke with the singer-songwriter about her political commitments, her battles with the music industry, and her new memoir Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You.
May 4, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Emma Hager
The Disappearing Acts of Haruki Murakami The Disappearing Acts of Haruki Murakami
In his new book, the novelist examines what it takes to become a great writer.
May 1, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Rumaan Alam
Hazel Jane Plante’s Novel of Art, Sex, and Rock and Roll Hazel Jane Plante’s Novel of Art, Sex, and Rock and Roll
Any Other City, a fictionalized memoir of a trans musician, interrogates the conventional narrative possibilities offered to trans writers.
Apr 27, 2023 / Books & the Arts / McKenzie Wark
What’s Life Like for the Child of a Psychoanalyst? What’s Life Like for the Child of a Psychoanalyst?
Alice Wexler’s The Analyst explores the complicated life of her father, Milton Wexler, whose work courted controversy in the public and within in his family
Apr 24, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Alana Pockros
Jenny Odell’s Search for a New Kind of Time Jenny Odell’s Search for a New Kind of Time
Can we escape capitalism's persistent and relentless demand that we turning our waking hours into products and profits?
Apr 18, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Jaffe