Arts & Culture
A dinner party where women talk food
Alissa Wilkinson imagines Maya Angelou hosting Hannah Arendt, Octavia Butler, Laurie Colwin, and others.
Paul Mariani seeks wisdom among the ghosts
The poet, now in his eighties, asks profound questions in a dazzling array of poems.
Rhymes across time
“Hip-hop is layered prophetically, because you’re tying the past to the present.”
Pride and Prejudice in a Speedo
Mr. Malcolm’s List and Bridgerton offer flimsy historical fantasy. Fire Island goes deeper.
Can you like Dostoevsky?
Philosopher and linguist Julia Kristeva asks but does not answer this question about the Russian novelist’s complex work.
Underlined words
As it tells the story of our time, the Century makes readers and writers of us all.
When I think of Downton Abbey, I think of the costumes
Beautiful objects in a sea of inequity and decadence
Embracing Marc Chagall’s refugee Christ
The painter’s Exodus calls to mind the Passover, the Shoah, Ukraine, and the southern border.