Nonfiction

"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca

On Protection
When America’s vaunted ethos of freedom becomes the greatest impediment to self-care.
Matthew DavisDec 12, 2020
Queen of Reps (On Spaceship Earth)
Elvia Wilk on her life In quarantine...
Elvia WilkDec 6, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
Almost Home
The rebel flag, monuments to the Lost Cause, and beyond: the artifacts of white supremacy are part of the landscape of Atlanta.
Pete CandlerDec 3, 2020
They Wanted to Bury Us: A Conversation with Andalusia Knoll Soloff
Andalusia Knoll Soloff reflects on the sixth anniversary of the Ayotzinapa forced disappearances.
Annie RosenthalNov 24, 2020
Return I Will to Old Brazil
On the track of Colonel Fawcett and the fabled City of Z.
Kathelin GrayNov 22, 2020
- Around the World
- Nonfiction
Two Rings
I have a finger I can’t get my ring off of. Windex, I read. The dental floss trick. I told my small daughter I might have to get it cut off.
Rachel ShermanNov 11, 2020
- Nonfiction
The Heart of It All: On David Giffels’s “Barnstorming Ohio: To Understand America”
A journalist travels his native Ohio to understand the rest of the country.
Liz SkalkaNov 5, 2020
- Nonfiction
- Politics
The Light in Istanbul: On Orhan Pamuk’s “Orange”
The writer as photographer and flâneur, tracing the changing cityscape.
Jonah Goldman KayOct 28, 2020
How a Book Club Became My Joint
Marsha Lynn Smith reflects on what her book club, Sisters With Books, means to her.
Marsha Lynn SmithOct 19, 2020
- Fiction
- Nonfiction
What Caused the “Flash Crash”?
Did the hammer come down too hard on Navinder Sarao? Ankush Khardori reviews Liam Vaughan's "Flash Crash."
Ankush KhardoriOct 15, 2020
Threshold of Life: The Death of Nadira Kadirova
On global citizenship and the fate of the Istanbul Convention on violence against women.
Helen MackreathOct 3, 2020
Glory to the Unknowns: A Visual Tribute to the World’s Poor and Vulnerable in the Time of COVID-19
Elle Kurancid and Hamada Elrasam on those struggling in Egypt in the era of COVID-19.
Elle Kurancid, Hamada ElrasamSep 29, 2020