The Poetry Challenge Let’s learn one poem together this week. The Poetry Challenge See Full Poem & Readings Play Game Maybe you woke up this morning...
The Poetry Challenge Let’s learn one poem together this week. The Poetry Challenge See Full Poem & Readings Play Game Let’s memorize a poem! Not because...
De Pijp Once working-class, this neighborhood made way for artists, students and bohemians in the early 20th century, followed by decades of gentrification. But the bohemian...
Luke walked beside me, one hand curled around my arm, the other tapping a gentle rhythm with his white cane. We were crossing the Taj Mahal’s...
The First ‘Lady’ While later Nintendo games in the 1980s would feature stone-cold heroines like Samus, a bounty hunter in space, the series started in 1981...
Toxic Confidence Make way for a new attitude Everywhere you look these days, the landscape is clogged with confidence men: People with limited experience landing high-ranking...
By A.O. Scott and Aliza Aufrichtig A.O. Scott is a critic at large for the Book Review. Aliza Aufrichtig is a visual journalist. March 25, 2026...
I screamed: “TRAIN!” The last of the paralysis fell from me and I began to run. Vern’s head jerked back over his shoulder. The surprise that...
Barrio de Las Letras/Lavapiés These two central Madrid neighborhoods, bordering Calle Atocha, are easily visited together. Letras, opposite the Prado Museum, was home to Golden Age...
As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers — with a little help from the staff ofThe New York Times...
