Essay Eros Eros Between the Covers By Francine Prose A reconsideration of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita. More
Essay The City A Matter of Optics By Warren Breckman Rulers of cities have always had an interest in visibility, both in representing their power and in controlling people by seeing them. More
Essay Politics The Great Rift By Jeffrey Gettleman Jeffrey Gettleman on the 2007 Kenyan election crisis, and why in Kenya all politics is tribal. More
Essay The Future The Next Future By John Crowley Any prediction about what is to come runs the risk of being more about the present than the future. More
Essay Disaster The Anomaly of Barbarism By John Gray The brutality of Islamist terrorism has many precedents. 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 Medicine In the Midst of Death By John Crowley If the universe can’t outlive or transcend individual consciousness, does death even really exist? More
Essay The City City of Seeds By Daniel Mason With an influx of people from all over the world, the city can become a hothouse for foreign flora. More
Essay Foreigners The Foreign Spell By Pico Iyer To be a foreigner is to be perpetually detached, but it is also to be continually surprised. More
Essay Happiness The Loneliest of Species By Jay Griffiths Can bridging the divide between animals and humans bring about lasting happiness? More
