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Judith Thurman on a translator whose vitally urgent renderings of the Iliad and the Odyssey strip away the “tarnish of…
Paul Thek’s Eclectic Art
Also: Tori Amos with Bartees Strange, the French dancer Hugo Marchand, a play about the House Un-American Activities Committee, and…
Christopher Nolan Has Always Been Making “The Odyssey”
Justin Chang writes that, in this adaptation of Homer’s epic, the director’s signature realism grounds, without dispelling, the drama’s emotional…
Donald Trump’s Ad-Lib Strategy on Iran
After a quarter century of wars in the Middle East, America is once again bedevilled by an intractable conflict of…
How Mudlarking Became London’s Hottest Hobby
Sam Knight writes about the English detectorist subculture of mudlarking, where ancient artifacts are spotted and dug out of the…
The Odyssey 3: IMAXimum Impact
Henry Alford, writing in the style of a Greek epic, humorously imagines the challenges that Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, and…
Why Would That Help?
Flash fiction by Diane Williams: How generous his mother was to some people—but was she?
How Mary Kay Built an Empire Out of Other Women’s Dreams
Lauren Michele Jackson writes about the founder of the global cosmetics empire, who feminized the sale of cure-all lotions and…
I Won’t Cry for You, Argentina
Ishaan Tharoor writes about the history of Argentina’s national soccer team and its fans in India and across South Asia.
The A.I. Gender Gap Meets the Parenting Gender Gap
Women use A.I. less than men and do more of the cognitive work at home. The A.I. “family assistant” promises…