Caroline Blackwood’s Graceful Nightmares Caroline Blackwood’s Graceful Nightmares
The writer and socialite's gothic fictions were also cutting works of social comedy.
Jan 23, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Isabella Trimboli
The Haunting of Delmore Schwartz The Haunting of Delmore Schwartz
In his Collected Poems, his verse becomes an index for a life lived between ambition, pain, and disappointment.
Jan 22, 2025 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe
Inauguration Day 2: The Call Is Coming From Inside The Building Inauguration Day 2: The Call Is Coming From Inside The Building
In 2020, after losing his bid for reelection to Joe Biden, Donald Trump summoned a mob to the Capitol. Today, as we mark the peaceful transfer of power, we offer this reminder.
Jan 20, 2025 / Feature / Steve Brodner
The Introspective Club Hits of Jamie xx The Introspective Club Hits of Jamie xx
With In Waves, Jamie xx—whose real name is James Smith—has perfected what he explored in In Colour: an album full of searching tunes that can double as dance songs.
Jan 16, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen
Olga Tokarczuk’s New Rules for Realism Olga Tokarczuk’s New Rules for Realism
In The Empusium, the Polish novelist’s first novel since her Nobel, she pays homage to Thomas Mann in order to redraw the boundaries of the realist novel.
Jan 15, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jess Cotton
A Listener’s Guide to Jazz From 1964–1972 A Listener’s Guide to Jazz From 1964–1972
A selection of the best recorded examples of the otherwise mostly undocumented music heard in jazz clubs like Slugs’.
Jan 14, 2025 / Feature / Ethan Iverson
Jazz Off the Record Jazz Off the Record
In the late 1960s, the recording industry lost interest in America’s greatest art form. But in a small, dark club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, jazz legends were ...
Jan 14, 2025 / Feature / Ethan Iverson
Fady Joudah’s Poetry of Dislocation Fady Joudah’s Poetry of Dislocation
In his new book of poetry, […], the poet, translator, and ER doctor explores Palestinians’ experiences of exile and displacement—and the difficulty of healing amid the ongoing Nak...
Jan 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Hussein Omar
The Nation’s Early Experiments in Jazz The Nation’s Early Experiments in Jazz
When the magazine began covering jazz in the 1920s, it often struggled to catch the beat.
Jan 14, 2025 / Richard Kreitner
Terrorist Attack in New Orleans Terrorist Attack in New Orleans
Jan 14, 2025 / Column / Calvin Trillin