Spring 2026 Issue - Preorder

Preorder Our Spring 2026 Issue.

Aria Aber on what the nightclub taught her. Jhumpa Lahiri on returning to Thomas Hardy at midlife. Dale Peck on the dogs he grew up with—and how they died. Megan O'Grady on how motherhood reshaped her relationship to feminist art. Michel Chaouli on why we feel compelled to finish the books we start.

New fiction from Emma Copley Eisenberg and María José Bilbao sits alongside poetry by Jorie Graham, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and others. Rachel Eisendrath lingers on a haunting Civil War photograph; Vincenzo Latronico chronicles a lifelong pursuit of sleep.

In our criticism section, Clare Carlisle on Solvej Balle's reinvention of the day-in-the-life novel. Dana Stevens on what Hamnet gets right about Shakespeare. Langdon Hammer on why Cavafy eludes his biographers. Mae Losasso on James Schuyler as a poet of the moment.

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