Essay Death Last Meals By Brent Cunningham The choice of the final meal contains a curious paradox: why mark the end of a life with the stuff that fuels it? More
Essay Lines of Work A Talent for Sloth By Philip Connors Ten years as a lookout on a fire tower requires a particular aptitude for idleness. More
Essay Intoxication Fabled Powers By Sven Birkerts For an artist, a day of successful inspiration is also a day a systematic intoxication. More
Essay Philanthropy Philanthropy in the End Times By Curtis White The state of giving at the impossible intersection of capitalism, morality, and the natural world. More
Essay Religion The Courtesy of God By Garret Keizer Never mind does God exist—does the God debate exist? Reexamining the relationship between faith and reason. More
Essay Democracy A Story of Use and Abuse By Arlene W. Saxonhouse Athenian democracy in the political imagination. More
Essay Book of Nature And Such Small Deer By Garret Keizer A writer struggles to defend his trees from a pack of hungry deer—“an episode of great vexation and buffoonery.” More
Essay Eros Up Close and Personal By Noga Arikha The evolution of personal ads, from the newspaper to the social network. More
