How to Practice

In 2014, the “Orange Is the New Black” star appeared on a Time cover heralding a new era of acceptance for trans people. These days, the picture looks very different.

Do “Admin Nights” make people more productive or less lonely?

How the human countenance became something to study, edit, optimize, and scan.

There was something absurd and distressing in that prelude to the domestic drama.

After my husband’s death, I had never been more pliable, tender, open, or raw. It was then that I tried E.M.D.R. therapy.

Remembering a master of color and light who understood life’s shadows.

Across the country, the booming industry of pet hospice is teaching people how to face the loss of their beloved companions.

New Yorker writers name their favorite short books.

The cultural discourse around avoiding alcohol never convinced me—and why sober up when the world is burning? Then life intervened.

How a phrase coined during the Depression became a national creed, a global brand, and a vessel for disillusionment.

Ian Bogost’s new book, “The Small Stuff,” argues that reclaiming the tiny, mundane pleasures of the physical world can help us offset the encroachment of screens.

Also: the modern reggae of Original Koffee, Tina Fey’s modern take on “The Four Seasons,” Hugh Jackman’s gory Robin Hood, and more.