Articles of Note

At the end of the 19th century, Lafcadio Hearn was one of America’s best-known writers. Today he’s forgotten in the U.S. and a cultural icon in Japan... more »

New Books

Our swimming pools, our selves. In place of the 20th-century throng of public bathing, we have the immersive solipsism of the infinity pool... more »

Essays & Opinions

Natalia Ginzburg’s family — left-leaning Jews in Fascist Italy — watched in horror as terror, internal exile, and prison began to permeate “ordinary” life... more »