January 3, 2025

How André Gide made the modern memoir He thrived on brutal self-reflection

Julian Jackson

02.01

How John Updike invented Brat Rabbit embodied a rush towards individualism

Sarah Ditum

31.12

Walt Whitman: the original Substacker Publishing needs his democratic spirit

Sam Kahn

26.12

The torture of an unphilosophical life The mind deserves a task worthy of its powers

Agnes Callard

26.12

The mean girls conquering pop They have exiled men from their music

Sarah Ditum

22.12

Donald Trump’s cultural renaissance He will lead by example

David Samuels

20.12

The Leopard holds a warning for Europe Will the Continent wake from its torpor?

Brendan Simms

20.12

Why Irish mumming endures The troupes united communities

Alexander Poots

17.12

Colombia is doomed by corruption 100 Years of Solitude is a tale for today

Boyd Tonkin

13.12

How the internet perverts desire Online longing is quasi-pornographic

Blake Smith

11.12

Luigi Mangione is America’s Everyman The rogue elite has become a folk hero

Lee Siegel

10.12

Viktor Orbán’s architectural ambition Budapest is having a renaissance

Wessie du Toit