Articles of Note

Poetry and money. Eileen Myles sent poems to The New Yorker for 30 years. Finally, one was accepted. Payment: $600 and two nights at a motel... more »

New Books

The Aeneid plays an outsize role in the cultural literacy of the West. A reminder of the confusing and disturbing pleasures of epic narrative... more »

Essays & Opinions

Time eludes our understanding, defeating both philosophers and physicists in their attempts to pin it down. Does time even exist?... more »