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Only in America (2003)
by Norman Mailer
Jan 11 • The New York Review of Books
Mamdani’s New York
Writers reflect on Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as the mayor of New York City.
Jan 8 • The New York Review of Books
Satie’s Spell
Jeremy Denk on Erik Satie
Jan 6 • The New York Review of Books
Trump’s War
by David Cole
Jan 4 • The New York Review of Books
Marilynne Robinson on Affordability
Plus: The NHS; David Szalay; Repatriating Art; and more from our January 15, 2026, issue...
Dec 26, 2025 • The New York Review of Books

Brief Encounters

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Community Poetry: An Interview with Victoria Chang
“I’m interested in writing my way through, around, above, and below my life, as a way to navigate life’s joys, beauties, and sadnesses all at once.”
Jan 10 • The New York Review of Books
Policies of Denial: An Interview with Sara Roy
“What I sense most powerfully from my friends in Gaza is a feeling of abandonment.”
Jan 3 • The New York Review of Books
A Christmas Story: An Interview with Diarmaid MacCulloch
“The Bible is a collection of texts beyond and outside us, and we may find its messages strange and even unwelcome. There’s nothing we can do about…
Dec 20, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
Investing in the Wrong Securities: An Interview with Yuri Slezkine
“The less coherent and self-confident ‘the West’ is, the more it needs an outside threat.”
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
What If We Took Democracy Seriously? An Interview with Osita Nwanevu
“Democracy isn’t just some woolly ideal but the very means by which material lives might be improved.”
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books

In Conversation

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The State of the Left
Fintan O’Toole in conversation with US Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
The Emergency Court
Fintan O’Toole in conversation with David Cole and Pamela Karlan
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
A Summer of Fear: Violence, Intimidation, and Freedom of Speech in the US
Fintan O’Toole in conversation with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Patricia J. Williams
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
Is America Abandoning Immigrants? Mass Deportation and Resistance
Fintan O’Toole in conversation with Francisco Cantú, Caroline Moorehead, and Julia Preston.
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books

Classics from the Archive

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Only in America (2003)
by Norman Mailer
Jan 11 • The New York Review of Books
Cardiography (2025)
by Ben Lerner
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
Hit Me, Baby (2023)
by Namwali Serpell
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
Fascinated to Presume: In Defense of Fiction (2019)
by Zadie Smith
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
Letter from ‘Manhattan’ (1979)
by Joan Didion
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books

From the Editors

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2025 at The New York Review of Books
A Nation Deranged
Dec 31, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
Becoming Unsupine
The Year in Poetry
Dec 27, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
Museumgoing
The Year in Art
Dec 23, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
A Medicine Ball in Your Stocking
written and illustrated by Leanne Shapton
Dec 17, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
A Needle in a Substack
Criticism in your inbox
Dec 12, 2025 • The New York Review of Books
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