N.K. Jemisin Wrote a Sci-Fi Ode to New York City—Then It Became Reality N.K. Jemisin Wrote a Sci-Fi Ode to New York City—Then It Became Reality
We talked to the award-winning writer about The City We Became, her latest groundbreaking, world-quaking book, and why it feels so prescient.
Aug 4, 2020 / Q&A / Jessica Suriano
What Truths Can You Divine From Instagram Paintings? What Truths Can You Divine From Instagram Paintings?
How the act of scrutinizing art online has changed the role of the critic.
Aug 4, 2020 / Barry Schwabsky
The Philosophical Leftovers of Gilles Deleuze The Philosophical Leftovers of Gilles Deleuze
What is there left to learn from the work the French thinker left behind?
Aug 3, 2020 / Andrew Marzoni
The Biography That Reimagined a Life—and the Genre The Biography That Reimagined a Life—and the Genre
Diane Johnson’s The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith and Other Lesser Lives uses speculation and fabulation to correct the biases of history.
Jul 30, 2020 / Marie Solis
The Sad Sex Lives of Overeducated Millennial Malcontents The Sad Sex Lives of Overeducated Millennial Malcontents
Andrew Martin’s characters in Cool For America aren’t having much fun. Instead, they are restless and self-defeating.
Jul 29, 2020 / Jennifer Schaffer-Goddard
Wartime President Wartime President
“Trump calls himself ‘wartime president’ over coronavirus pandemic.” —CBS “The Trump Administration is trying to block billions of dollars for states to conduct testing and contac…
Jul 28, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters From the August 10/17, 2020, Issue Letters From the August 10/17, 2020, Issue
Demilitarize the police… The case for public banks… Wrestlemania… A perverse legacy… Spinning their wheels…
Jul 28, 2020 / Our Readers
Little Pharma on Rooms Little Pharma on Rooms
She thinks in a smaller hospital She would remember each face With some embarrassment She can remember all the rooms 1421 From whose eaves pigeons tumble Its permanent winter of sh…
Jul 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Laura Kolbe
For My Wife, Who Is Writing a Collection of Stories Called ‘Homescar’ For My Wife, Who Is Writing a Collection of Stories Called ‘Homescar’
Rocks are notched with sea limpets, and the pockets limpets leave once they’ve sealed into the rock and know themselves most inside it, shell swelling, softening the stone. You can…
Jul 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Nomi Stone
The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’ The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’
The television adaptation of the Sally Rooney novel depicts how people can fall in love in a world structured by power.
Jul 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz