Articles of Note

The literary theorist Paul de Man was a charmer, bully, bigamist, and anti-Semite. We knew that. Turns out he was a convicted criminal, too... more »

New Books

Modesty, humiliation, secrets. How did the modern idea of privacy emerge from family dysfunction in Victorian-era Britain?... more »

Essays & Opinions

Imagine a dystopian novel that incorporates everything that can possibly be wrong with a human being. Chilling, right? That book exists, it's called DSM-V... more »