The Sexiest Thing About Celibacy

An interview with Melissa Febos.

Melissa Febos and Lucy McKeon

Is a River Alive?

Robert Macfarlane

Picture This: Atoms of Aroma

Stuart Firestein

Toward a Maternal Gaze

We’ve heard the warnings: children will drain your time, your money, and your focus. But what might a writer gain from motherhood?

Kate Shannon Jenkins

Why We Die with Venki Ramakrishnan

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Swamp Dogg: If You Can Kill It I Can Cook It

Swamp Dogg: If You Can Kill It I Can Cook It

Recipes from a superhero of soul.

Recipes from a superhero of soul.

Swamp Dogg

Take to the Trees

Take to the Trees

Marguerite Holloway

In the arms of towering hemlocks, a writer finds perspective on trees, time, and the climate crisis.

In the arms of towering hemlocks, a writer finds perspective on trees, time, and the climate crisis.

Marguerite Holloway

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The Perfect Orgasm

Wilhelm Reich promised freedom from fascism and bad sex through breath. But what happens when endless enjoyment becomes required?

Jamieson Webster

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Death Poems from Eileen Myles

From expiring cats to Hitler’s bathroom, the inimitable writer shares the terminal poetry they like best.

Sense and Senescence

Hypochondria

Life in the Shadow

Harry Weil of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery talks to artist Eiko Otake about confronting death.