Our review of MJ Corey's new book, "Dekonstructing the Kardashians."

A postmodern take, via TikTok, of America’s most famous family.

Glyph is an ephemeral wonder, woven from delicate lace as fine and strong as spiderweb, following a pattern that emerges only when it’s wrapped around your face.

When I was 16 years old, my beloved college counselor told me that it was a good thing I wanted to be a physicist because I wasn’t much of a writer. We were close—I had her home phone number for em…

The hidden assumption behind every conversation you've ever had.

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As a young teen I discovered Tennyson’s poetry in anthologies and responded to his theme of nostalgia and grief for lost times and people. This book caught my attention for it’s study o…

Unless you’re a physicist — and, statistically speaking, chances are you’re not — a book about the ins and outs of space-time might feel heavy in your hands. Yet it's a fun and exciting read.

Shared trauma often brings people closer together with the common experience building a unique bond. But those shared memories can also create distance between two people who were otherwise close. For...

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A tender, moving, and insightful account of queer motherhood and an interrogation of life on the margins of American culture as a self-described “ugly” woman Ugly is a word with fangs that...