07/16/2026 - 1:01am

Why true crime isn't real Alex Murdaugh isn’t a compelling killer

Kat Rosenfield

15.07

Holden Caulfield: the original incel His grand delusions have become the norm

Poppy Sowerby

15.06

Hartley, not Orwell, foresaw today's tyranny Beauty has never been so political

Malise Ruthven

27.05

A Left case for the Great Books Naomi Kanakia loves the classics, despite herself

Valerie Stivers

20.05

Invasion of the literary bots Did AI game the Commonwealth Prize?

Vincenzo Barney

09.03

The tragedy of Jewish identity As antisemitism changes, so do its chroniclers

Alexander Cohen

28.02

Lord of the Flies is wrong about humanity We aren’t naturally cruel

Terry Eagleton

03.02

Behind the horror renaissance The genre opens up uncomfortable truths

Noah Kumin

10.01

Why Moby-Dick nerds keep chasing the whale I spent 25 hours with the superfans

John Masko

31.12

The triumph of anti-art Our century is defined by anesthesia

Sam Jennings

26.12

Meet the bard of the Boxing Day hunt R.S. Surtrees used sport to dissect humanity’s foibles

Alexander Poots

16.12

Inside the Jane Austen theme park The writer has become a brand

Tanya Gold