Hat Saga
A poem for Sunday
A poem for Sunday
Wasting time can feel morally suspect—but it’s essential to the creative process.
A poem for Wednesday
A new novel sees procrastination as one of the last bastions of the creative mind.
Paige McClanahan’s book, The New Tourist, argues for recognizing how potent travel’s social force is.
A poem for Sunday
Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer and Miranda July’s All Fours find danger in domestic bliss.
The feeling can’t be cured—but sometimes, the words of others can help.
These five titles focus on the many connections we can form with what we read.
In his new book, Cody Delistraty chronicles his almost decade-long journey to heal his grief—only to discover that there is no remedy.
A poem for Sunday
Published works of fiction by nonwhite authors more than doubled from 2019 to 2023—but we may now be seeing a reversal in this trend.
Female swimmers have always challenged the boundary between sport and spectacle.
A new study reveals positive changes since 2020. But can they last?
A poem for Wednesday
A new book explores the history of the Cesarean section—and how it explains what’s broken about American health care.
Each of these titles will stick with you and, perhaps, make you more likely to realize when you’re not seeing the truth.
Published in The Atlantic in 1995
Being stuck is a regular affliction when you do this work for a living, though it can affect anyone who just has to write an email or a birthday card—all of us, that is.
First she abandoned plot in her fiction; now characters must go.