‘A Long-Tongue Saga’
Over the course of more than a thousand pages, Leon Forrest’s novel Divine Days, reissued after three decades, elicits from the reader every emotion from awe to exasperation.
May 23, 2024 issue
The Whistleblower We Deserve
The ambiguous hero of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People is a man of science who insists on the primacy of truth and evidence. But he’s also, possibly, a bit of a fascist.
May 23, 2024 issue
Dr. B
Jill Biden is a barrier-breaking national figure. What are we to make of the wholesome, at times bland story she tells about herself?
May 23, 2024 issue
The Immunity Con
For the first time in American history, the supreme judicial authority is parsing how much criminality to permit the chief executive.
May 1, 2024
Ecstasy’s Odyssey
When the creator of MDMA first experimented with the drug, he felt a mellow sensation that he compared to “a low-calorie martini.”
May 23, 2024 issue
Free from the Archives
Diane Johnson: Home Remedies“Self-help books are nothing new, they are nearly the oldest form of literature. Cautionary tales, rules for life, admonitions from saintly models convey the reassuring impression that something can be done. Maybe it can, even. Have you hugged your kid today?”
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