January 20, 2025

The wild heart of David Lynch He put the ineffable on screen

Matt Feeney

15.01

Don’t let ancient languages die They illuminate our own blind spots

Georgy Kantor

14.01

How Bob Dylan fought the proto-woke He refused to be a Leftist prophet

David Samuels

13.01

Hollywood does terrible things to women Like so many biopics, 'Maria' diminishes its subject

Tanya Gold

07.01

The vapid world of America’s top book influencer Zibby Owens offers a tonic for the ennui of upscale strivers

Matthew Gasda

04.01

Why the Left needs to watch Star Trek It has lessons for today's techno-optimists

Yanis Varoufakis

04.01

Snobs miss the rare beauty of darts How many maximums did Jane Austen throw?

Howard Jacobson

03.01

How André Gide made the modern memoir He thrived on brutal self-reflection

Julian Jackson

02.01

How John Updike invented Brat Rabbit embodied a rush towards individualism

Sarah Ditum

31.12

Walt Whitman: the original Substacker Publishing needs his democratic spirit

Sam Kahn

26.12

The torture of an unphilosophical life The mind deserves a task worthy of its powers

Agnes Callard

26.12

The mean girls conquering pop They have exiled men from their music

Sarah Ditum