When Tarzan Met Leonardo
In the midst of the Great Depression, the ten-year-old [...]
To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul
Tracy K. Smith’s latest essay collection, To Free the [...]
Helen Vendler on Book Reviewing
On December 6, 1990, Harvard professor and eminent literary [...]
Reading Backwards with Louise
Shortly after her sister passed away from cancer in [...]
Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games
Early in the pandemic, when concert venues, movie theaters, [...]
Splinters
Leslie Jamison’s new memoir, Splinters, explores the many facets of [...]
The American Poet Laureate: A History of US Poetry and the State
Poetry seems far removed from the inner workings of [...]
Look at the Lights, My Love
Resigned complicity is the dominant mood of Annie Ernaux’s newest [...]
Becoming
The first item of clothing I ever bought for [...]
The Half-Known Life: In Search of Paradise
Pico Iyer has made a name for himself by [...]