Boy, Uninterrupted
Ben Lerner, portraitist of talkative men, explores the roots of white male rage.
Book Review
Misunderstanding Susan Sontag
Her beauty and celebrity eclipse the real source of her allure—her commitment to aesthetic self-discipline.
The Loser-Spy Novelist for Our Times
Mick Herron writes about the broken spies sworn to protect today’s broken England.
The Secret Power of Menopause
Why the end of fertility doesn’t mark the start of decline—and may even help explain our success as a species.
Rewriting the ‘Boy Genius’
Caitlin Horrocks’s debut novel builds on a rich tradition of women writers who complicate the myth of male virtuosity until it crumbles.
Where Goodness Thrives
A small area in France has a long history of extraordinary kindness to strangers.
Edna O’Brien’s Lonely Girls
The setting of her new novel is terror-ridden Nigeria, a world away from her native Ireland, but the psychic territory is familiar.
And Then Job Said Unto the Lord: You Can’t Be Serious
In a new translation of the Book of Job, the famously repentant hero gives God a piece of his mind.
How Economists’ Faith in Markets Broke America
And what it means for our future
Deconstructing Clarence Thomas
The justice’s reactionary legal philosophy rests on faith in the power of adversity to fuel black progress.