CATEGORIES

OUTSIDE MAN

Jeremy O. Harris, before and after \"Slave Play.\"

THE SUITOR

Thom Browne's eccentric American tailoring.

DESIGNING THE APOCALYPSE

A young architect faces the climate crisis.

BLOOMSBURY CHIC

The English group's revolt against dour Victoriana inspires designers today.

Close Encounters

The world-bridging poetry of Ben Lerner.

Annals of literature – Mother Tongue

Emily Wilson makes Homer modern.

The Journalist and the Billionaire

Walter Isaacson is a man with a golden rolodex, impeccable Establishment credentials, and world-class schmoozing skills. Now he has written a biography of Elon Musk, who despises all those things.

OFF THE STREET

A journey from homelessness to a room of one's of one's own in New York City.

GLOW IN THE DARK

What Kate DiCamillo understands about childhood.

THE BELIEVER

How the Times columnist Ross Douthat translates faith to the secular world.

ABSENCE AFRICAINE

A Prix Goncourt-winning novel about a quest to unearth a literary legend.

HOT AND BOTHERED

James Ellroy finally takes on Marilyn Monroe.

THE CATALYST

Betty Friedan and the movement that outgrew her.

EUROTRIP

Romy's exuberant solo début.

THE X-MAN

How Elon Musk became a superhero and then a supervillain.

OLD MEN AND SEA

Plot Summary and Study Guide

Dangerous Designs

Gene editing gives us transformative powers. But should we use them?

You've Been Served

One lawyer's mission to find the lies in what we eat.

CLIMATE-CHANGE MYTHS

SHOUTS & MURMURS

THE GREAT INDOORS

How Matthew Wong turned loneliness into a landscape.

HOLY MATRIMONY

George Eliot’s secular sacraments.

SIBERIAN WOOD

The thing about horseradish vodka is that it makes you forget that you’re drinking vodka.

TALK TO ME

Can artificial intelligence allow us to speak to another species?

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

Liszt defined musical glamour. But pianists now see substance behind the spectacle.

THE COUP

In Ariel Dorfman’s new novel, a billionaire has a scheme to save the planet.

HIGHER CALLING

Scammers with ambition in “Telemarketers” and “BS High.”

Animal Magnetism

Disney takes the high road to profit.

BUTTERFLIES

The childhood of a lepidopterist.

FARM TO FABLE

George Orwell's animal allegory.

BARK

Do dogs have history?