Culture, criticism, arts, and commentary from the magazine.
Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer on a few of her favorite works.
How Anthropic’s new tool, Claude Design, is creating overnight web-design clichés.
Mark Power’s “Fashion” lavishes formal attention on industrial machinery and, by extension, on the human effort behind it.
Kiss unwanted algae goodbye!
“A Terrible Intimacy,” “This Is Not About Running,” “The Summer Boy,” and “The Children.”
The world’s life-forms reproduce sexually in a bewildering variety of ways, even though scientists still aren’t sure why they bother.
Scenic vacation selfies.
How a phrase coined during the Depression became a national creed, a global brand, and a vessel for disillusionment.
The star of “Widow’s Bay” on the series’ emotional season finale, his formative love for Richard Burton, and the subtle power of scarfing a whole chicken onscreen.
Full of violence, desire, monsters, and magic, Homer’s epic has tempted directors for decades. Can Christopher Nolan’s new adaptation survive the voyage?
To an eleven-year-old in a Long Island suburb, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1969 hit sounded like it came from somewhere distant, deep, and haunted.