Books and Ideas

Imani Thompson’s Grad-School Thriller

Imani Thompson’s Grad-School Thriller Imani Thompson’s Grad-School Thriller

In Honey, the novelist offers a different take on the campus satire.

Sep 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme

Bittir station, Mandatory Palestine, 1934.

The Palestine of Soraya Antonius and Annemarie Jacir The Palestine of Soraya Antonius and Annemarie Jacir

In The Lord and in Palestine ’36, the story of Mandatory Palestine comes into focus.

Sep 9, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami

President Donald Trump mimics gunfire during an April press conference on the Iran War.

Victory Victory

Sep 8, 2026 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A parade of Jewish Bundists on May Day.

The Bund and the Radical History of Jewish Anti-Zionism The Bund and the Radical History of Jewish Anti-Zionism

Molly Crabapple’s Here Where We Live Is Our Country revisits the past of the Jewish Labor Bund and considers what it might mean for our future.

Sep 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

Hiëronymus Bosch, detail from “The Temptation of St. Anthony,” c. 1501

Can We Save Democracy? Can We Save Democracy?

Hélène Landemore’s case for an alternative system of popular government.

Sep 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Osita Nwanevu

Love and Literature in Leslie Fiedler’s America

Love and Literature in Leslie Fiedler’s America Love and Literature in Leslie Fiedler’s America

When will the American novel grow up?

Sep 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

Nation Poetry

Subject: Untitled Subject: Untitled

Sep 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ahmed Shamali

Angie Nixon Is Fighting for the Right to Read

Angie Nixon Is Fighting for the Right to Read Angie Nixon Is Fighting for the Right to Read

The Florida Senate candidate responded to Republican book-banning schemes by opening a bookstore.

Sep 8, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation

Nation Poetry

Ars Poetica in Questions Ars Poetica in Questions

Sep 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Leah Umansky

There’s Nothing Traditional About Tradwives

There’s Nothing Traditional About Tradwives There’s Nothing Traditional About Tradwives

Propagandists for stay-at-home domesticity are monetizing a fantasy—and they’re not really staying at home.

Sep 7, 2026 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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