World
The Men Who Made Theory French
Guattari spent time in hospitals as a student and an analyst. Barthes had tuberculosis and “spent most of World War II in sanatoriums,” where, Eakin writes, “he was subjected...
“Lost Chapters” Weaves Literary Mysteries Into Family Bonds
The home in Caracas to which Ena returns, for all the bright clarity of its rooms and the lush foliage of its grounds, is filled with ambient emotion, which...
“The Window,” by Helen Phillips
Yes, pulling the shade was my nightly task, and she’d never think to do it, but already I was half an hour away from home. Source link
There’s Nothing Provincial About This Three-Volume Icelandic Saga
Jón Kalman published “Heaven and Hell” in Icelandic in 2007. The series’ other two volumes, “The Sorrow of Angels” and “The Heart of Man,” came out in 2009. English...
Aparna Nancherla and Josh Gondelman Enter the Cartoon Caption Contest
The comedians try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. Source link
A Colson Whitehead Starter Pack
Colson Whitehead, whose new crime novel, “Cool Machine,” is out this week, was once named “America’s Storyteller” on the cover of Time magazine, for his mastery of narrative across...
A Celebrity Photographer’s Hidden Stash of Polaroids
For the rest of the decade—the years represented by these Polaroids—she was booked and busy. “It was such a period of growth for me as a photographer,” Shur told...
Madonna and the Muppets Made the Case for Love
This year, for the first time ever, the FIFA World Cup final featured an eleven-minute halftime hullabaloo, co-headlined by four megastar acts: Madonna, Shakira, Justin Bieber, and BTS. The...
Marcellus Hall’s “Spa Day”
As climate change worsens, punishing heat waves are becoming the norm across the Northern Hemisphere. For the cover of the July 27, 2026, issue, the artist Marcellus Hall portrayed...
How the Beach Vacation Became a Country-Music Trope
“The sun is hot,” Alan Jackson sings, accompanied by a trio of jaunty guitars (electric, acoustic, and pedal steel), and for a moment this sounds like a celebration. Instead,...
