Ulrich Baer dives into the archives to inspect a letter from Lord Alfred Douglas to Oscar Wilde.
Essays
Intensive Care
Jill Stoner writes about Zoom fatigue, introversion, and a lesser-known work of J. G. Ballard.
Parallel Lives: Buzzards and Barn Owls
Joanna Chen finds pandemic comfort monitoring friends with feathers.
The Great Escape
I Man-made nature may not surprise us anymore. From plastic flowers and artificial grass to fake beaches and ski slopes, …
Feelings Forward: On Reading Books and Ourselves
Stephanie Malak writes about two organizations foregrounding the conversation about feelings in the study of literature.
Fighting for Aphra Behn in the Age of #MeToo
Malkah Bressler argues in favor of acknowledge all the greats of the literary past, especially the overlooked ones.
Divafication: A Queer of Color Memoir
Paris Shih writes about finding identity through Taiwanese pop divas.
Hooked to the Silver Screen: A Year of Isolation with David Bowie
Victoria Wiet contemplates what David Bowie has to say about pandemic psychology.
The Waning Promise of Tokyo 2020
Spencer Cohen thinks about the boon of the Olympics and what it means to miss out.
The Deep Freeze: Thawing the Language Games of Emotion in Psychotherapy
"In simplest terms, we live via communication, influencing language just as language shapes us."