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A still of Ayo Edebiri and Julia Roberts in Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt
Essay of the Week

What “After the Hunt” Gets Right

I left academia. Luca Guadagnino’s new film reminds me why.
Annie Julia Wyman
November 3, 2025
From the Archives

The Writer’s Audience

Wallace Stegner
January 1, 2003
Black-and-white photo of Susan Brownmiller with a copy of her book Against Our Will
Essay of the Week

The Book That Changed How We Think About Rape

Fifty years on, what lessons endure from Against Our Will?
Claire Bond Potter
November 10, 2025
Essay of the Week

Who Was the Foodie?

What it would mean to take taste seriously again
Alicia Kennedy
November 17, 2025
Essays

When Does a Divorce Begin?

Most people think of it as failure. For me it was an achievement.
Anahid Nersessian
December 15, 2025
Dick Rudisill’s “Ruined Couch,” a gelatin silver print of a cushionless, dirt-covered sofa
Objects of Desire

Loveseat

I threw it away. Then I wanted it back.
Helen Phillips
December 15, 2025
Dan Fox as a child with his nain, or grandmother, in the chicken-filled yard of Siambr Wen, near Llanrwst, North Wales, UK
Essays

What Happened When I Began to Speak Welsh

By learning my family's language, I hoped to join their conversation.
Dan Fox
December 15, 2025
From the Archives

Politics and Technology

Edward T. Chase
April 1, 1963
From the Archives

Prelude to Independence

Dean Acheson
July 1, 1959
From the Archives

Lincoln and Whitman as Representative Americans

David Bromwich
April 1, 2002