A Diehard Drinker Accidentally Quits
Sarah Miller writes about quitting drinking in spite of never having been convinced by cultural arguments for sobriety that revolve…
The Weekend Essay
admin Kate Millett Disappears
The writer and artist’s 1972 installation “Terminal Piece” shows us the failure of language in the face of violence. Rachel…
When Should You Say Goodbye to a Pet?
Sunita Puri on the growing pet-hospice industry within veterinary medicine.
When the Religious Right Came for Martin Scorsese
Isaac Butler on how “The Last Temptation of Christ,” Scorsese’s 1988 epic, became one of the first victims of a…
What Gets Kept
Joyce Johnson writes about her affair with Jack Kerouac, whom she met on a blind date in New York before…
Can Art Teach?
Calling something “didactic” has become grounds for immediate dismissal, David S. Wallace writes. But do the merits of works with…