Arts & Letters
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Project Hail Mary’s Unresolved Moral Dilemmas
Like practically everyone else, I loved Project Hail Mary, the runaway science fiction mega-hit film that has…
A Tragi-Comic Masterpiece
When my younger brother, Rick, and I were boys in Pomona, California, our mother and grandmother would…
A Quest for Gold
I ’m late to the party, but, at a friend’s suggestion, I recently watched Detectorists, a BBC…
Is Churchill America’s Hero? (ft. Sean McMeekin)
In this episode, Sean McMeekin joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his…
The Savannah Enlightenment
In 1716, a remarkable commoner by the name of James Oglethorpe took a leave of absence from…
The Church of David Bowie
David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and Godby peter ormerodbloomsbury, 256 pages, $28 Thirty-four years…
Life Lessons from a Basketball Coach (ft. Rob Jenkins)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Rob Jenkins joins…
A Gracious and Modest Punch to the Gut
For Instanceby rhina p. espaillatwiseblood books, 126 pages, $18 Dominican-American poet and translator Rhina Espaillat, at ninety-four,…
Art Criticism for Art’s Sake (ft. Michael Clune)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Michael Clune joins…
Godson
I doubt you’ll be a simple kind of man / but listen to the song. It’s a…
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place with Wifi
As waiters glide across the room, / espresso steams beside my book / on the small, round…
The No / The Yes
Nothing terrifies more than the No / your lover whispers through a closed door: / You may…
While We’re At It
Leonid Radvinsky died on March 20. He was the billionaire majority owner of OnlyFans, an online…
Letters—May 2026
Gratitude to Samuel D. James for his nuanced retrospective on purity culture, and especially for his closing…
The Myth of the Independent Girlboss
Is the independent girlboss dead? Maybe she never existed to begin with. The release of Lindy West’s…
