Arts & Culture
In search of Rumi’s live heart
Looking for an Arabic translation of a favorite line, I found myself on a treasure hunt.
The very real sham marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Donald Glover and Francesca Sloane’s remake is in some ways the inverse of the 2005 original.
A glimpse of the world beyond
In his new novella, Jon Fosse allows a luminous narrative to unfold at a dreamlike pace.
American Fiction and The Holdovers find beauty in quiet, personal drama
This used to be the form of most movies, but now it feels rare and precious.
An island in the storm
Paul Harding’s evocative novel begins with the 1815 hurricane off the New England coast.
Nature is not an escape
To understand this, I had to stop reading John Muir and turn to the nature writing of the Harlem Renaissance.
Memoir of a native son’s son
Keenan Norris’s sobering book explores Chicago’s role in forging the identity of the Black man in modern America.
The Iowa poet-priest who mastered haiku
Raymond Roseliep quietly became one of the most highly regarded haiku poets in the English language.