Books and Ideas

Frederic Edwin Church’s “Heart of the Andes,” 1859.

When Did the Natural World Stop Feeling Sublime? When Did the Natural World Stop Feeling Sublime?

In Is a River Alive?, Robert Macfarlane challenges himself, and others, to find a new way to write about nature.

Mar 25, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Isabel Ruehl

A scene from the film

The Radical Texas War Against the “Devil’s Rope” The Radical Texas War Against the “Devil’s Rope”

An excerpt from the new book The Myth of Red Texas.

Mar 24, 2026 / David Griscom

A view of the mists at Top Withins, on the North Yorkshire moors near Haworth, the setting for Emily Bronte's “Wuthering Heights,” 1940.

The Trouble With Adapting “Wuthering Heights” The Trouble With Adapting “Wuthering Heights”

Why adaptations of Emily Brontë’s novel, across generations, have misunderstood the work and its world.

Mar 24, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Victoria Baena

Nation Poetry

Cephalophore Cephalophore

Mar 23, 2026 / Poems / Donald Platt

August Macke, “Vegetable Fields,” 1895.

The Hidden History of Free Choice The Hidden History of Free Choice

A conversation with Sophia Rosenfeld about her recent book on the roots of the concept of choice.

Mar 18, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

The construction of the Knickerbocker Village housing development in 1933.

Mary K. Simkhovitch and the Dream of an Affordable New York Mary K. Simkhovitch and the Dream of an Affordable New York

A new book revisits the public housing programs of the 1930s.

Mar 16, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Freeman

Nation Poetry

Until All That Was Left Was a Voice Until All That Was Left Was a Voice

Mar 16, 2026 / Poems / Geffrey Davis

A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on February 28, 2026.

A Briefing on the War in Iran A Briefing on the War in Iran

Mar 10, 2026 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Kwame Nkrumah and other leaders of non-aligned countries in 1960.

The Global Politics of Kwame Nkrumah The Global Politics of Kwame Nkrumah

Through Nkrumah’s story, Howard French charts the history of African decolonization and the American civil rights movement.

Mar 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Adom Getachew

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