Books & Fiction
Weegee the Famous, the Voyeur and Exhibitionist
The street photographer turned gritty, grisly New York scenes into art.
- Books
How Superheroes Made Movie Stars Expendable
A business once ruled by star power is now dominated by intellectual property.
- Under Review
Whither the Slut? Mandy Stadtmiller and Karley Sciortino Reveal All
The writers’ recent memoirs, about female promiscuity, explore themes of empowerment, politics, and performance.
The Latest
Ben Marcus on Weather, Drama, and Misanthropy
The author discusses “Stay Down and Take It,” his short story from this week’s issue.
Sunday Reading: Britain and the Royal Wedding
Stories about British royal nuptials, culture, and politics.
Barbara Comyns’s Inescapable Novel “The Juniper Tree”
Read in a present-day civic life that unfolds like a series of old fairy tales, Comyns’s modern retelling of the Brothers Grimm classic is gripping and prescient.
John L’Heureux on His Time as a Jesuit Novice
The author discusses “The Long Black Line,” his short story from this week’s issue.
Sunday Reading: Mother’s Day
Stories about mothers, motherhood, and the rich relationships between mothers and children.
Fiction & Poetry
“Stay Down and Take It”
“There is only one road out of here, and everyone we know is on it, moaning silently, I imagine, gently rending their summer linens at this unwelcome disruption.”
Spotlight
The Man Who Led the Harlem Renaissance—and His Hidden Hungers
Alain Locke helped launch black modernism, but he was spurned by the artists he hoped to turn into lovers.
Sheila Heti Wrestles with a Big Decision in “Motherhood”
How to reconcile the domestic responsibilities of parenthood with the Romantic notion of artistic vocation?
Zora Neale Hurston’s Story of a Former Slave Finally Comes to Print
Hurston spent years turning an account of the transatlantic slave trade into a book. Then the manuscript languished for nearly nine decades.
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The Profound Presence of Doria Ragland
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Will the Fervor to Impeach Donald Trump Start a Democratic Civil War?
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Literary Lives
The Vision of the Innocent
Exploring the humor and brilliance of J. D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye.”
Podcasts
Hari Kunzru Reads Robert Coover
Hari Kunzru joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Colonel’s Daughter,” by Robert Coover, from a 2013 issue of the magazine.