How Golden Is Silence, Actually?
Anthony Lane reviews Kate McLoughlin’s “Silence: A Literary History.”
August 2026
admin The American Art of Blowing Stuff Up
The Gruccis, often called the First Family of Fireworks, have been in the pyrotechnics business for six generations. Paige Williams…
The Senate’s Shameful Acquiescence to Todd Blanche as Attorney General
Ruth Marcus on the ongoing saga of Todd Blanche’s Attorney General confirmation hearings.
An Uncompromising Belgian Novelist’s Afterlife as a BookTok Star
Katy Waldman on Jacqueline Harpman, a Belgian Jewish author and psychoanalyst whose fiction has become an unlikely BookTok sensation.
“Tony,” “Late Fame,” and the Rocky Road to Literary Stardom
Justin Chang reviews Matt Johnson’s bio-pic “Tony,” starring Dominic Sessa and Antonio Banderas, and Kent Jones’s drama “Late Fame,” with…
The Modern R. & B. of Olivia Dean and Baby Rose
Also: Cat Cohen’s one-woman musical comedy, the Anthony Bourdain bio-pic “Tony,” Battery Dance Festival by the water, and more.
Are Psychedelics Right-Wing Now?
How the conservative activist Bryan Hubbard, with help from Rick Perry and Joe Rogan, persuaded Trump and the G.O.P. to…
Can Extreme Morning Sickness Be Cured?
Anna Russell on hyperemesis gravidarum, or H.G., and the scientists searching for a biological cause and treatment.
A Mostly True History of Marco Rubio
Christopher Gangemi takes a humorous look at the ascent of “Little Marco.”
A.I. Is Now a Major Election Issue
Politicians on the left—such as Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Abdul El-Sayed—have been critical of data centers, Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes.…