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January 14, 2026
The thing about children is: they disappear. They disappear as they appear. More themselves, less yours. Read full poem at The New Yorker.
January 12, 2026
8 Things You Need to Start Your Own Commune. See full article here.
January 12, 2026
During a week in December when violence seemed to rap on every door, I saw two plays about women who take their lives into their own hands: Hedda Gabler at the Yale Repertory...
January 2, 2026
Why did the Metropolitan Museum remove the John Wilson banner that last autumn had been gracing its façade? That arresting image was made from a tiny portrait of the artist’s...
January 2, 2026
In Frog, Anne Fadiman returns to her favorite genre, the essay, of which she is one of our most celebrated practitioners. Ranging in subject matter from her deceased frog, to...
December 19, 2025
Sunny Xiang, Associate Professor of English, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for her forthcoming article “Asian American Art...
December 19, 2025
Alison Bechdel, Professor in the Practice of English, is known for her graphic novels including ‘Fun Home,’ ‘The Secret to Superhuman Strength,’ and ‘Spent.’ Read Guardian...