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American Women Are at a Breaking Point
In the U.S., government support for families seems transgressive. It shouldn’t be.
In the U.S., government support for families seems transgressive. It shouldn’t be.
These books dispense practical advice on managing one’s ambitions—or describe the dread of writer’s block with precision and humor.
I almost never spoke about my past as an addict. Then adolescence came for my son.
A short story has velocity and verve, and the best ones create an immediate, instinctual bond between the reader and the characters.
Adam Higginbotham’s new book on the tragedy manages to add depth to a well-known story.
A chronicler of addictions struggles to control himself.
We take the workings of wide, complicated technological systems on faith. But they depend on people—and, sometimes, people fail.
A poem for Wednesday
A new book sees the reactionary response to a New Deal–era arts initiative as a precursor to today’s cultural divisions.
His parables aren’t supposed to make sense.
Moments of great physical upheaval can be accompanied by great revelations.
A poem for Sunday
Joan Nathan reflects on Judith Jones and the cookbooks she edited.
A new book earnestly wrestles with what it means to bring a person into the world.
Headshot upends the classic story of the underdog by turning each of its characters into one.
Lobbying firms have disguised their influence so well that it’s often barely visible even to savvy Washington insiders.
Judith Jones edited culinary greats such as Julia Child and Edna Lewis—and identified the pleasure at the core of traditional “women’s work.”
A poem for Memorial Day
Two new literary works from Colombe Schneck and R. O. Kwon feature fascinating, flawed women.
It’s good for both of you.