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The Writer from the Dance: An Interview with Alma Guillermoprieto
“I wanted to be a revolutionary, and so I broke with art, which nearly undid me.”
Feb 7 • The New York Review of Books
American Imperialism and the End of Sovereignty
Fintan O’Toole in conversation with Alma Guillermoprieto and Michael Ignatieff
Feb 6 • The New York Review of Books
Toni Morrison Cracks Wise
Inside our February 26 issue
Feb 5 • The New York Review of Books
The Crime of Witness
by Fintan O’Toole
Jan 29 • The New York Review of Books
A Chicken in Every Pot
Ian Frazier on Poultry
Jan 27 • The New York Review of Books

Brief Encounters

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Contempt of Court: An Interview with David Cole
“I have practiced constitutional law for more than forty years, and I have never seen anything even close to the defiance and bad-faith obstruction of…
Feb 14 • The New York Review of Books
The Writer from the Dance: An Interview with Alma Guillermoprieto
“I wanted to be a revolutionary, and so I broke with art, which nearly undid me.”
Feb 7 • The New York Review of Books
Sparkle and Status: An Interview with Jenny Uglow
“Biography is a wonderful way into the past, because it’s life as experienced, day to day, subtly influenced by what is happening in politics or the…
Jan 31 • The New York Review of Books
In the Despot Archives: An Interview with Helen Epstein
“Instead of Uganda moving toward some modern ideal, the US and certain other Western countries are regressing to a state of despotism more like Uganda’s…
Jan 17 • The New York Review of Books
Community Poetry: An Interview with Victoria Chang
“I’m interested in writing my way through, around, above, and below my life, as a way to navigate life’s joys, beauties, and sadnesses all at once.”
Jan 10 • The New York Review of Books

In Conversation

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Darryl Pinckney on Memoir, Friendship, and Elizabeth Hardwick
Episode One of Private Life
Feb 12 • The New York Review of Books
American Imperialism and the End of Sovereignty
Fintan O’Toole in conversation with Alma Guillermoprieto and Michael Ignatieff
Feb 6 • The New York Review of Books
The State of the Left
Fintan O’Toole in conversation with US Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
The Emergency Court
Fintan O’Toole in conversation with David Cole and Pamela Karlan
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
A Summer of Fear: Violence, Intimidation, and Freedom of Speech in the US
Fintan O’Toole in conversation with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Patricia J. Williams
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books

Classics from the Archive

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Larger Than Life (2021)
by Dan Chiasson
Feb 8 • The New York Review of Books
Trump’s Hoodlums (2017)
by M. Gessen
Feb 1 • The New York Review of Books
Poohdom (1990)
by Janet Adam Smith
Jan 18 • The New York Review of Books
Only in America (2003)
by Norman Mailer
Jan 11 • The New York Review of Books
Cardiography (2025)
by Ben Lerner
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books

From the Editors

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Cold Plunge
written and illustrated by Leanne Shapton
Feb 18 • The New York Review of Books
The Politics of Raw Power
“The Republican Party, animated by fantasies of crushing liberals and minorities once and for all, is fundamentally devoted to achieving one-party…
Jan 25 • The New York Review of Books
Neigh!
written and illustrated by Leanne Shapton
Jan 21 • The New York Review of Books
Mamdani’s New York
Writers reflect on Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as the mayor of New York City.
Jan 8 • The New York Review of Books
2025 at The New York Review of Books
A Nation Deranged
Dec 31, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
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