Essay Magic Shows A Well Without a Bottom By John Crowley Have devils, demons, and spirits disappeared from the world, or do we just no longer know their names? More
Essay Memory Mortal Soul, Moral Soul By Anne Michaels What happens when private grief becomes common experience? More
Essay Comedy Split Personalities By Andrew McConnell Stott Is it a condition of comic genius to be always wrestling with demons? More
Essay Lines of Work Tools of the Trade By Peter Stothard Slavery was the energy industry of the ancients—no part of the empire was untouched by its effects. More
Essay Fear Every Pebble Can Blow Us Sky-High By J. Hoberman A reconsideration of The Wages of Fear, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. More
Essay Night The Fading Stars: A Constellation By Holly Haworth How the new astronomy obscured the traditional night sky. More
Essay Travel A Little Travel Is a Dangerous Thing By D. Graham Burnett The first adventurers in the Age of Discovery didn’t just make progress into uncharted waters, they invented the very idea of progress. 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 Democracy A Story of Use and Abuse By Arlene W. Saxonhouse Athenian democracy in the political imagination. More
