Can You Understand Ireland Through One Family’s Terrible Secret? Can You Understand Ireland Through One Family’s Terrible Secret?
In Missing Persons, Clair Wills's intimate story of institutionalized Irish women and children, shows how a family's history and a nation’s history run in parallel.
Dec 10, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Emily McBride
Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters
Who is being naïve now?
Dec 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Alice Notley’s Roving “I” Alice Notley’s Roving “I”
In Being Reflected Upon, a memoir in verse, the poet moves through the moments of her life with an almost cosmic sense of knowingness.
Oct 1, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kathryn Scanlan
JD Vance Is Working Hard to Be Hated JD Vance Is Working Hard to Be Hated
For the Republican candidate, riling up the right-wing base outweighs alienating everyone else.
Sep 30, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Donald Trump’s Divide-and-Conquer Scheme for Black America Donald Trump’s Divide-and-Conquer Scheme for Black America
The twisted political agenda behind smearing Kamala Harris as a political and racial chameleon.
Aug 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer
J.D. Vance, a Born-Again Trumpist, Offers a Political Jackpot for Democrats J.D. Vance, a Born-Again Trumpist, Offers a Political Jackpot for Democrats
Trump’s running mate has a history of embracing rancid positions to rise to the top.
Jul 17, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Letters From the July 2024 Issue Letters From the July 2024 Issue
The cost of psychotherapy… The Yemen script… Surface beauty… Correction…
Jul 2, 2024 / Our Readers
The Myths of Anne Carson The Myths of Anne Carson
Throughout her long and prolific career, Carson has specialized in unexpected juxtapositions between modern life and ancient times, contemporary art and the literature of the...
Jun 4, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Emily Wilson
In Maria Ressa’s Philippines In Maria Ressa’s Philippines
The Nobel Prize–winning journalist's memoir offers a portrait of a country's struggles to battle the forces of populism and social media.
May 29, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Noah Flora
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