admin How the Beach Vacation Became a Country-Music Trope
Kelefa Sanneh on the song “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett, which was a diversion from…
The Lost Art of the Bromance
Katy Waldman writes on new books, films, and shows about male friendship, including “Jackass: Best and Last,” “DTF St. Louis,”…
Lorenzo Mattotti’s “The Beautiful Game”
Françoise Mouly speaks with the artist Lorenzo Mattotti about his cover for the July 20, 2026, issue of The New…
The Voice of Google
Claire Stapleton writes that she cracked the code for generating corpspeak with personality, then lost faith in what Google was…
How Worldy Is the World Cup?
With every tournament, the possibility of a genuine surprise is shrinking, Anthony Lane writes.
Trump’s Election-Fraud Bait and Switch
Ruth Marcus writes about President Donald Trump’s speech on Thursday, July 16th, about supposed threats to election security, as the…
A Dying Poet’s Farewell to the World
Dan Chiasson writes on “Axe in Blossom: Last Poems & Fragments,” a posthumous collection by the poet, who died, in…
Peter Hujar’s Search for Secrets
Hilton Als reviews “Hujar:Contact,” at the Morgan Library. The photographer’s portraits bring certain truths to the surface.
Who Owns the Odyssey?
The director Christopher Nolan has been accused of “woke-ifying” Homer’s epic. But finding new resonance in ancient texts is part…
Trump’s War on Journalists
The recent subpoenas of Times reporters over an article about Air Force One make clear that the President is trying…