Romantasy, the hot new literary genre du jour
Why are so many women reading the genre?
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This month in culture: February 2025
What to watch this February
Monday
War, one artwork at a time
Ukrainian nationals and their allies have been working tirelessly to promote the voices of a people under siege
This month in culture: November 2024
What to watch this November
Thursday
What does Appalachia mean?
J.D. Vance has put a regional identity created by politics at the center of the election
This month in culture: October 2024
Our staff picks what to watch out for this October
What I learned from my time in Taiwan
The country is much more than a geopolitical hotspot or even a stable Asian democracy we’ve committed to help
Monday
This month in culture: September 2024
What to watch this September
Thursday
This month in culture: August 2024
What should be on your radar this August
Why New York is a city built on the written word
To have been born there and live there all your life? It is hard to imagine any author having a greater privilege
Monday
This month in culture: July 2024
What should be on your radar this July
Wednesday
This month in culture: June 2024
Our guide to what should be on your radar
Friday
The problem with westerners seeking enlightenment in Asia
Christopher Harding is more tolerant than I am and has a greater affinity with the seekers. But he has written a very interesting book as a result
Wednesday
New York is a people pleaser’s hell
The city is a psychological assault course, an emotional minefield, for people like me who are chronically apologetic
A history of intellect
The Greeks had a concept of the ‘intellect’ that is the diametric opposite of our own
Tuesday
Milan Kundera’s ‘transcendental buffoonery’
A look at the late Czech novelist’s legacy and philosophy
The sad demise of American car culture
Homogenized modern vehicles have made driving mundane
Monday
What conservatives lack
What the cultured right needs is what the left has: an avant-garde
Monday
Walking Hanoi
I’m in Hanoi for a month as part of my Walking the World project
Thursday
Is Miami really on the rise?
Some hope the boom continues but others are less pleased
