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The Cheapness of Luxury
In Yasmin Zaher’s new novel, the promise of exclusivity is a facade.
In Yasmin Zaher’s new novel, the promise of exclusivity is a facade.
In Halle Butler’s new novel, young people won’t stop pathologizing others—or themselves.
A new documentary offers a model for reassessing the lives of monstrous men.
Athleticism, exercise, and sports all lend themselves to heightened narrative stakes, and writers know this well.
A poem for Sunday
A certain kind of novel can push you to stretch one day into the early hours of the next one.
A poem for Wednesday
These titles can offer another voice in the darkness, ready to soothe a restless mind.
A poem for Sunday
What everyday plants can teach us about history
Ayşegül Savaş’s novel captures the experiences of a new class of people: those who are stateless by choice.
In her new book, Olivia Laing argues that the lives of all people are enriched with access to land they can use freely.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s new novel, Long Island Compromise, tells the story of one American family burdened by their own wealth.
One of the joys of reading is encountering someone else’s awakening on the page.
A poem for Sunday
Wasting time can feel morally suspect—but it’s essential to the creative process.
A poem for Wednesday
A new novel sees procrastination as one of the last bastions of the creative mind.
Paige McClanahan’s book, The New Tourist, argues for recognizing how potent travel’s social force is.
A poem for Sunday
Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer and Miranda July’s All Fours find danger in domestic bliss.