Self-Healed Physician
An interview with Laura Marris
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A translator on why Camus and his novel of plague speak to us in this dark moment.
Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
A Pox on All Our Houses
An Interview with James Shapiro
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The leading Shakespeare scholar examines the playwright's difficult and dark relationship with the plague that devastated his nation.
Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
Best Shot
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Robert Capa took a series of pictures of the Omaha landings. We spoke to Amanda Vaill about the mysteries around the photos and their creator.
Vol 5, Summer 2019 / July 11, 2019
Green-Eyed Monster
An Interview with Harold Bloom
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America's most eminent literary critic explains Iago, Othello, and the nature of their tragedy.
Vol 5, No 2 / April 16, 2019
Enchantments
An Interview with Madeline Miller
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The bestselling author of Circe and The Song of Achilles explains how she fell in love with Homer and the world created in the epics.
Vol 5, No 2 / April 16, 2019
Love Hate Relationship
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The Oscar-winning screenwriter (and novelist, critic, and classicist) Frederic Raphael talks about why Catullus is the poet to read if you crave difficulty.
Vol 5, No 1 / January 7, 2019
Shock and Awe
An Interview with Miles Unger
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Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon shocked the avant garde when it first appeared — and then shifted the course of art history.
Vol 4, No 4 / September 20, 2018
Ancient Modern
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The Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti is best known for bringing a powerful vision to bear on physical form and testing its expressive limits.
Vol 4, No 3 / July 3, 2018
Deep Waters
An Interview with Nathaniel Philbrick
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Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Seas and Why Read Moby Dick? spoke to us about why the book is so important and what it can teach us.
Vol 4, No 3 / July 3, 2018
Homecoming
An Interview with Daniel Mendelsohn
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The classicist and acclaimed critic talks about about why the Odyssey has survived for so long.
Vol 4, No 2 / April 5, 2018
