Essay Comedy Split Personalities By Andrew McConnell Stott Is it a condition of comic genius to be always wrestling with demons? More
Essay Rule of Law The World’s Greatest Outlaw By Richard Cohen The life of Samuel Johnson, would-be attorney-at-law. More
Essay Food It’s What’s for Dinner By Scott Korb To be an ethical eater, one can no longer betray a deep ignorance about the workings of nature. More
Essay Magic Shows Stage Light By Andrew McConnell Stott The life of artist and scenographer Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, and the role of the occult in the history of special effects. More
Essay Politics Between the Lines By Robert Boyers A look at the crossroads where literature and politics meet, and the relationship between art and ideas. More
Essay Lines of Work Pushing Paper By Ben Kafka Paperwork has never fit comfortably into our idea of what work means—it has no heroes and few sympathies. More
Essay States of Mind The Ghost and the Princess By Anthony Gottlieb The correspondence of René Descartes and Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia—a debate about mind, soul, and immortality. More
Essay Night The Hero of a Thousand Dreams By John Crowley A reconsideration of Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland. More
Essay Travel Nowhere Need Be Foreign By Pico Iyer What should travel writing look like in a world where the global and local are more indistinguishable than ever? More
