This week, The New Yorker is announcing the longlists for the 2025 National Book Awards, including Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction. To receive book ...

John Wilson, the director of “The History of Concrete,” discusses the value of comedy, NIMBYs, and making films out of both ...

I’m not sure if I’m capable of having a traditional marriage, but I could definitely have an arrangement.” A selection of ...

There is an emergent Silicon Valley gospel that has challenged both the boundaries and the mechanisms of shame in America, and it has a potential voice in the chatbot, Jay Caspian Kang writes.

Jared Kushner represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.

Godwits make the longest non-stop migration in the bird world. That might be the least of the shorebirds’ marvels. Can they ...

Except instead of three uncles, we’ve got three aunts.” The video was a hit on social media, where stories about sisters ...

Where Benjamin Moser replaces one story of Jewish exceptionalism with another, Omer Bartov shows what’s lost when polemic ...

A new book by David Jacob Kramer and the photographer Michael Schmelling captures the hard-headed and hearty few who have ...

For the September 21, 2026, issue, Dean Rohrer portrayed the city as a place for new beginnings. “When our younger daughter ...

America’s everywhere millionaires built fortunes from hot dogs, car dealerships, medical practices, and convenience stores.

It’s a beautiful day, with bright-blue skies, a warm sun, and a cool breeze. So this afternoon I’m going to take a walk in ...