The Making of Arundhati Roy The Making of Arundhati Roy
In Mother Mary Comes to Me, the icon of Indian letters revisits the time that forged her as a writer.
Nov 6, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Mahanta
Why Is Yoko Ono Still Misunderstood? Why Is Yoko Ono Still Misunderstood?
A recent biography helps shed light on her life before and after John Lennon—making a case for the primacy of her art and its lasting influence.
Nov 5, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Quinn Moreland
How My Grandmother Remembers the Nakba How My Grandmother Remembers the Nakba
In 1948, my family fled Palestine when Zionists took over. I pieced their story together from a box of letters and diary entries.
Oct 25, 2025 / Tareq Baconi
Thomas Mallon’s Theory of the Diary Thomas Mallon’s Theory of the Diary
The New York writer and editor’s diaries of the AIDS era presents a curious case of what we are supposed to expect from private documents that become historical sources.
Oct 7, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Sheila McClear
What Are Drugs For? What Are Drugs For?
A conversation with P.E. Moskowitz about the chemical imbalance theory of depression, the false schism between prescription and recreational drugs, and collective psychic pain.
Sep 11, 2025 / Emmeline Clein
“Declared Intention”: My Immigration Story, and Ours “Declared Intention”: My Immigration Story, and Ours
Like many Americans, I may only be one generation away from birthright citizenship—a concept that defined this country’s promise for so many immigrants.
Jul 30, 2025 / Robert Pinsky
Militarism Has Long Worked to Shield Antisemitism Militarism Has Long Worked to Shield Antisemitism
From the Cold War till Donald Trump, there’s always been a special dispensation for hawkish bigots.
Jul 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Joan Didion Undone Joan Didion Undone
Notes to John, posthumously published journal entries chronicling Didion’s therapy sessions, is a peek into the myths and fears that animated her writing life.
Jul 2, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Emma Hager
I Thought David Horowitz Was a Joke—but He Foreshadowed the Trump Coalition I Thought David Horowitz Was a Joke—but He Foreshadowed the Trump Coalition
As an undergrad, I mocked the radical leftist turned reactionary. But with his cruel, vindictive politics taking over the government, he had the last laugh.
May 15, 2025 / David Klion
Chile in Our Hearts Chile in Our Hearts
John Dinges’s revisionist account of Missing.
Apr 29, 2025 / Steven Volk