Knit One, Bomb Two: A Primer on Yarn Bombing
Soft fiber meets hard infrastructure in a global movement that tests the bounds of public art.
Dana Elle Murphy on Black Feminist Criticism
An interview with Dana Elle Murphy, whose work explores how drafts, fragments, and literary lineages expand our understanding of Black women’s writing.
How America’s Industrial Elite Built Their Own Palaces
Historic photographs capture Cleveland’s Millionaires’ Row, where Gilded Age wealth met revival-style splendor.
In the Film Death in Venice, Music Is the Narrator
A haunting score shapes the rise and fall of a writer consumed by infatuation.
Simone de Beauvoir’s Only Play
Beauvoir’s Who Shall Die? explores moral responsibility and the unequal valuation of human life during wartime.
Wayne Thiebaud’s Sweet Take on American Art
The beloved American painter rejected attempts to categorize his work as a Pop Art as he experimented with texture, light, and nostalgia.
Love Is Blind … but Are Your Hormones?
Do women’s attraction to certain faces really change across the menstrual cycle? A long-running theory meets modern data.
Dorothy Parker: Sharp-Witted Writer, Bitter Professor
Dorothy Parker’s year as a visiting professor shows how a celebrated literary voice struggled to adapt to the realities of academic teaching.
H. H. Richardson and the Making of an American Romanesque
Historical photographs help trace the emergence of Richardsonian Romanesque and its lasting influence on American architecture.
The Poet Who Writes About Vietnam in Hebrew
Vaan Nguyen’s poetry examines exile and memory through the lens of her family’s journey from Vietnam to Israel.