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Poem: form
10 March 2023
Poem: form
The poet, like countless others precariously employed in higher education, faces yet another broke summer. In Eckes’s poem, two forms…
Judge John Hodgman on Introducing Your Children to Swearing
10 March 2023
Judge John Hodgman on Introducing Your Children to Swearing
A dispute about a joke-a-day calendar leads to a surprise ruling on childhood exposure to profanity.
An Artist Returns After a ‘Long Wilderness’
10 March 2023
An Artist Returns After a ‘Long Wilderness’
Claudette Johnson emerged in Thatcher-era England as a prominent Black feminist, only to fall into obscurity. Now, she’s having her…
The Comforting, Cheesy Charm of Chicken Doria
8 March 2023
The Comforting, Cheesy Charm of Chicken Doria
This Japanese answer to a gratin conjures bliss with whatever is already on hand.
When Bystanders Step Between the Police and Black Men
8 March 2023
When Bystanders Step Between the Police and Black Men
You’ve seen the videos of deadly encounters. What effect can a witness have?
Can I Use My Adopted Child’s DNA to Find His Biological Parents?
3 March 2023
Can I Use My Adopted Child’s DNA to Find His Biological Parents?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on protecting a child’s medical privacy while helping them learn about their past.
Poem #1022
3 March 2023
Poem #1022
When the cold optics of domination are left unchallenged, the dead die twice. The cruel euphemism of profit and the…
Judge John Hodgman on Bagpipe School
3 March 2023
Judge John Hodgman on Bagpipe School
Should a family be sentenced to a vacation at Gaelic College?
Awards Without Gender Categories? Celebrities Debate
28 February 2023
Awards Without Gender Categories? Celebrities Debate
Nominees at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday were split on combining award show categories for…
The Best Looks From the Screen Actors Guild Awards
27 February 2023
The Best Looks From the Screen Actors Guild Awards
On a night of many, many, many, (so many) stars, here are some outstanding red carpet moments.