Essay Death Squeak & Gibber By John Crowley Humanity’s greatest feat of rationality lies in the explanations we use to grapple with our own mortality. More
Essay Arts & Letters Beauty Is Shoe By Wendy Steiner Is the model a subject, or is the subject a model? More
Essay Climate A Climate of Change By Philipp Blom How the Little Ice Age ushered in the modern world. More
Essay Happiness Government Work By Maddy Crowell Could a Ministry of Happiness improve the lives of India’s citizens? More
Essay Politics Trial by Fire By Anthony Grafton Hot gospelling preacher or savvy political operator? Reexamining the life and times of Girolamo Savonarola. More
Essay Eros Affairs of State By William Rosen How the improbable marriage of an actress, courtesan, and daughter of an animal trainer to a Byzantine emperor dramatically changed the course of European history. More
Essay Death Mournful Creatures By Virginia Morell Humans may be the only animals who understand our mortality, but when it comes to grieving, we are not so unique. More