Arendt and Authenticity, Democracy and Theater, and More

Travel is both laudable and easy to mock. But its pleasures – and its ills – are actually quite subtle. Phil Christman explains... more »

Martha Foley was instrumental in popularizing the short story as a literary genre. After she died, her own story took a surprising turn... more »

Democracy and theater. Ever since the two emerged together in Athens, thinkers have debated the relationship between them... more »

Peter Schjeldahl taught so many of us how to see art. His final act might have been to teach us how to see death clearly... more »

Arendt and authenticity. There is no true self inside the self, she argued, only inner friction and individual will... more »