The Return of “Salt”
Mark Kurlansky’s 2002 best-seller is back on the list, all thanks to a young TikToker who’s never had a latke.…
September 2026
admin Learning to Yearn with Georgia Oakley
The director of the new “Sense and Sensibility” film chats about marketing Jane Austen for Gen Z, with a little…
What Life Is Actually Like in Gaza Today
Isaac Chotiner interviews the analyst Jaser Abu Mousa about the impediments to rebuilding Gaza, and the devastation his own family…
A Populist Revival in Iowa
In close contests for governor and a Senate seat, candidates from both parties claim that they’re fighting a corrupt system.…
What Barbara Kingsolver Believes the Novel Can Do
Casey Cep profiles the author of “Demon Copperhead” and “The Poisonwood Bible,” whose new book, “Partita,” asks what art can…
Ugly Baby Is Hot but Has a Personality, Too
Helen Rosner writes on Ugly Baby, a Brooklyn Thai restaurant that has returned.
Sharon Horgan, Autofiction Auteur
Inkoo Kang talks to the TV writer-actor Sharon Horgan about her new HBO comedy, “Youth,” being part of the sandwich…
The Thomas and Kavanaugh Hearings Restaged as a Theatre of Fact
Doreen St. Félix on Lee Sunday Evans and Elizabeth Marvel’s play “The Ford/Hill Project” directed by Evans and starring Marvel,…
Should the Classroom Be More Like the Gym?
Dan Rockmore considers whether education, like a tough spinning class, would be better framed as a challenge where process is…
Our A.I. Problem
The fears expressed by A.I. executives are, mostly, genuine, Gideon Lewis-Kraus writes. Yet it’s easy to see why they suffer…