In Essays One, Lydia Davis Goes Big
The unclassifiable writer and translator's collected nonfiction shows us a brilliant mind at work.
Culture
How Europe Stumped Britain’s Conservatives
New books on Margaret Thatcher’s and David Cameron’s governments betray a fatal lack of self-reflection.
The Case for Climate Hope
Jedediah Purdy’s book “This Land” argues for a radical environmentalism.
The Surprising Success of an Irreverent Emily Dickinson
It would be easy to make fun of “Dickinson.” But the new Apple TV+ show is stranger and more charming than it has any right to be.
The Sinister Privilege of Burning Billions
WeWork's Adam Neumann and the great game of asset immolation
Honey Boy Is a Taste of Stardom’s Bitter Reality
In Alma Har'el's film, Shia LeBeouf mines his own life—and reminds us how gifted an actor he is.
We Are All Female Now
An interview with Andrea Long Chu on her new book "Females."
A Dream of Homeownership, Undermined
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s book explains how government policy and the real estate industry worked against black homeowners.
Philip Pullman’s Defense of Free Thought
His new book and “His Dark Materials” on HBO dramatize the difficulty of moral action.
Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other Deserves All the Prizes
Unruly and unorthodox (and occasionally uneven), this year's Booker winner grapples with black identity.
Moving Beyond Misogyny
Why do they hate us?
Inside the World of Misinformation
From St. Petersburg to Manila, a new book studies efforts to sow confusion and undermine reality.
Facing Up to the Past, German-Style
What can the United States learn from Germany’s efforts to reckon with the Holocaust?
What John Rawls Missed
Are his principles for a just society enough today?
In Mrs. Fletcher, Porn Is the Path to Self-Discovery
Kathryn Hahn plays a different kind of empty-nester in HBO's newest offering.
Natasha Stagg Has No Illusions
A new collection of essays perfectly evokes the excitement and the anguish of young creative people in New York.
Corporate America Has Sapped “Green” of Meaning
The word is used to describe disposable plastic diapers as well as the most ambitious climate legislation ever proposed. So what good is it?
How Men Distort the Race Debate
The rhetorical obsession with single mothers obscures the root cause of racial inequality.
The Making of a White Supremacist Myth
Why the far-right pushes the lie that black Americans fought as Confederate soldiers
In The Lighthouse, Beauty Battles the Beast
On a desolate island, Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe slow-dance their way to madness.
