Fiona Apple’s Survival Guide to Isolation
Fetch the Bolt Cutters, the singer’s first album in eight years, argues that confinement can intensify one’s connection to the greater human whole.
The Books Briefing: What Personal Letters Reveal About Human Struggles
Dear faraway friends and lovers: Your weekly guide to the best in books
Why Boredom Affects Us So Much
If being isolated at home is starting to feel like your own personal prison, it’s because tedium is also used as a severe form of carceral punishment.
We’re Living in Phyllis Schlafly’s America
A striking new miniseries reveals the conservative author’s deep impact on contemporary politics.
The Lawyer Whose Clients Didn’t Exist
A well-known attorney helped land a $2 billion settlement for Gulf Coast seafood-industry workers. But who was he really representing?
The Pre-pandemic Universe Was the Fiction
What the coronavirus outbreak reveals is not the unreality of our present moment, but the illusions it shatters.
What’s Your Most Important Memory of Touch?
Amid a pandemic that is profoundly decreasing skin-on-skin contact, the author asked people to share their most affecting tactile experiences.
The Film That Captures a Different Kind of Isolation
In a time of heightened xenophobia toward Asians, Alan Yang’s Tigertail offers a deeply personal examination of a Taiwanese immigrant’s life.
The Strange Pleasure of Planning a Post-Pandemic Vacation
For people hoping to travel after the crisis passes, Pinterest helps them envision a future that feels impossible to imagine right now.
The Woman Who Is Remaking AMC
“The least safe thing to do is something safe,” says Sarah Barnett, the unconventional TV executive behind Killing Eve, which is back for a third season.
After the Pandemic, the Office Dress Code Should Never Come Back
Are “fancy” sweatpants here for good?
The Surreal Comforts of the SNL Quarantine Episode
Hosted by COVID-19 survivor Tom Hanks and filmed remotely, the show’s latest broadcast is a cultural document of the times.
An Ode to Driving in America
A Brit learns to love Dunkin’, classic-rock radio, and the open road.
What Alexander Calder Understood About Joy
America’s greatest sculptor gave objects a playful life of their own.
Quibi Is a Vast Wasteland
Hollywood’s short-form entertainment app slices and dices the traditional mediocrity that the internet has allowed viewers to escape from.
The Exquisite Pain of Reading in Quarantine
Books, precisely because they are so demanding of our attention, might be the best antidote for the psychological toll of a socially distanced life.
The Brainiest Hitter
Can Joey Votto outsmart age?
Unexpected Movie Masterpieces to Watch in Quarantine
Some were blasted by critics, some flopped at the box office, and all are ripe to attain cult-classic status.
How Normalcy Went From Misnomer to Safe Word
A recent uptick in Google searches for the term signals a longing for the usual state of affairs.
The Books Briefing: The Leaders Who Weathered Historical Storms
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