Gustave Flaubert’s consuming pursuit of literary perfection
Kafka’s anxieties proved prophetic.
Across America, the social fabric looks increasingly threadbare.
Reflections on the impact that lawlessness—and an inescapable awareness of it—has on society and the psyche
Populated with invisible sufferers, Alfred Hayes’s fiction retains contemporary relevance.
Brilliant, restive, alternately depressed and exhilarated, Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa had second thoughts about everything.
Rescued from Stalinist oblivion, Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s work brilliantly captures the devastation—and absurdity—of the Russian Revolution.
Joan Didion’s new collection
American press coverage of Covid-19 was first dismissive, then alarmist—but always condescending.
Radical new approaches from the public and private sectors are needed to fight the coronavirus.
Today’s cultural scolds demand that artists pass ideological and behavioral purity tests.
As increasing numbers of American males seem adrift, they can no longer look to venerable publications for guidance.
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