A Mostly True History of Marco Rubio
Christopher Gangemi takes a humorous look at the ascent of “Little Marco.”
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Flash Fiction by Kyle Edwards: He heard her crying out in the dark. He couldn’t be sure if it was…
Hiroshima
John Hersey’s 1946 piece exploring how six survivors experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, and its aftermath.
G.P.S. and the Lost Art of Getting Lost
A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are,…
The Godmother of the “Conspiracy Mom”
Jessica Winter writes about Shirley Martin, a J.F.K.-assassination buff and precursor to today’s “conspiracy mom,” who serves as one of…
The Man Who Was Kidnapped Twice
Thousands of people in Nigeria have been held for ransom by bandit groups. One professor escaped his captors—only to be…
Max Miller’s Victim Mentality
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on Max Miller, a Republican congressman from Ohio, who is facing domestic-abuse allegations amid a competitive reëlection campaign.
Ryan Murphy’s Sanded-Down Version of “The Shards”
The director’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s metafictional thriller-slash-gay-awakening story is a “Glee”-ified version of its source material, Leo Lasdun…
The Electability of Abdul El-Sayed
Jason Zengerle writes about Abdul El-Sayed’s victory over Haley Stevens in the Democratic Senate primary race in Michigan, and whether…
How Jordan Harper Reinvented Noir for the Epstein Era
“A Violent Masterpiece,” this year’s buzzy crime novel, inverts the genre’s traditional contrast between superficial optimism and subterranean despair, writes…