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When Robert Frost Was Bad
Before he became America's most famous poet, he wrote some real howlers.
ALL THE KING'S CENSORS
When bureaucrats ruled over British theater
CAPITULATION IS CONTAGIOUS
By killing a cartoon that lampooned its owner, The Washington Post set a dangerous precedent.
The Experimentalist
Ali Smith's novels scramble plotlines, upend characters, and flout chronologywhile telling propulsively readable stories.
The Moron Factory
April 20: Sometimes feel life stinks, everything bad/getting worse, everyone doomed.
The Warrior's Anti-War Novel
In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque invented modern war writing.
"I Am Still Mad to Write"
How a tragic accident helped Hanif Kureishi find his rebellious voice again
BEHOLD MY SUIT!
A LIFETIME OF FASHION MISERY COMES TO AN END.
WHY THE COVID DENIERS WON
Lessons from the pandemic and its aftermath
CAN EUROPE STOP ELON MUSK?
He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.
Bridget Jones Never Gets Old
How the beloved British diarist outlasted her critics
Stuck In Place
Why Americans stopped moving houses-and why that's a very big problem
Who's Your Mommy?
I knew that becoming a parent would change me. I just didn't know how.
Apocalypse, Constantly
Humans love to imagine their own demise.
A Palestinian American Sex and the City
Betty Shamieh's debut novel is a rebellious rom-com.
Modi's Failure
Why India is losing faith in its strongman leader
The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It's changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
The Wild Charity of Saint Francis
The guide we need, now that kindness is countercultural
Where Han Kang's Nightmares Come From
In her novels, the South Korean Nobel laureate returns again and again to her countrys bloody past.
TROPHY HUNTERS
A GROUP OF CHILDHOOD FRIENDS PULLED OFF A STRING OF THE MOST AUDACIOUS SPORTS-MEMORABILIA HEISTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THEN THEY DID SOMETHING REALLY CRAZY.
THE NEW RASPUTINS
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
ARMY OF GOD
AMERICAN CHRISTIANS ARE EMBRACING A CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT KNOWN AS THE NEW APOSTOLIC REFORMATION, WHICH SEEKS TO DESTROY THE SECULAR STATE. Now THEIR WAR BEGINS.
WHAT NOT TO WEAR
The false promise of seasonal-color analysis
JOE ROGAN IS THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA NOW
What happens when the outsiders seize the microphone?
MARAUDING NATION
In Trumps second term, the U.S. could become a global bully.
BOLEY RIDES AGAIN
America’s oldest Black rodeo is back.
THE GENDER WAR IS HERE
What women learned in 2024
THE END OF DEMOCRATIC DELUSIONS
The Trump Reaction and what comes next
The Longevity Revolution
We need to radically rethink what it means to be old.
Bob Dylan's Carnival Act
His identity was a performance. His writing was sleight of hand. He bamboozled his own audience.