From the December 30, 1979, entry in his diary, which was released in May by the George Washington University National Security Archive. Chernyaev, a member of the Central Committee of…

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By Pico Iyer, from A Beginner’s Guide to Japan, out this month from Knopf. Iyer, a British-­American essayist and novelist, has lived in Nara, Japan, since 1992. Japan is the…

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From descriptions of dreams in The Grave on the Wall, a memoir by Brandon Shimoda, out this month from City Lights. The book is an elegy for the author’s grandfather…

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From Big Cabin, which was published in July by Coffee House Press. I like it here in this cabin.I like looking out the windowat the pond and the trees beyondand…

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The Dancing Plague, a painting by Andy Harper, whose work was on view in January at Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, in London. Courtesy the artist and Danese/Corey, New York City

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From an interview given to talkRADIO on June 25 by Boris Johnson, a former mayor of London and current British M.P. who, at the time of publication, was considered a…

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“Handkerchief 3,” “Handkerchief 2,” “Handkerchief 7,” and “Handkerchief 14,” ambrotypes by Susan Seubert, whose work was on view in May at Froelick Gallery, in Portland, Oregon. Courtesy the artist and…

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How the National Football League shops for players

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The average athlete begins to wonder when his career is going to end almost as soon as he starts it—knowing that it either can be shortened with devastating swiftness by…

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The politics of archaeology in Jerusalem

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On the road with a secret weapon

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What a dental x-ray reveals about poverty

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How a pan-African freedom movement lost its way

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I couldn’t leave. I couldn’t get up—­just couldn’t get up, couldn’t get up or leave. All day lying in that median, unable. Was this misery or joy? It’s happened to…

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“Not a great writer, though a pleasant one” was Vladimir Nabokov’s verdict on Ivan Turgenev, the first Russian novelist to make an impact abroad. Nabokov—­who once complained about Henry James’s…

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Sex, violence, and the crime that defined modern Italy

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Should we miss Richard Holbrooke?

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Advisers to the Scottish government recommended canceling protections enjoyed by wandering sand dunes in Aberdeenshire that have been destroyed by Donald Trump. In England and Wales, where burial space is…

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Visible Hands Marilynne Robinson’s essay [“Is Poverty Necessary?” June] describes the quest for understanding that drove her to study the great political economists, culminating in her discovery of the contributions…

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Regarding the purported rules of En­glish syntax, we tend to divide into mutually hostile camps. Hip, open-­minded types relish the never-­ending transformations of the way we speak and write. They…

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Percentage of Indian M.P.s elected in 2019 who are facing criminal charges : 43 Percentage of those M.P.s who are being charged with murder or attempted murder : 18 Amount…

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From Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America, published this month by Simon and Schuster. Every quarter, the business leaders from Koch Industries’ various divisions…

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From research topics funded by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency between 2007 and 2012. The list was obtained by the Federation of American Scientists. BiomaterialsMetamaterialsFusion propulsion

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From the cockpit transcript of a Navy training flight near Seattle, in 2017. The exchange was released in May, following an investigation. Excerpts from the transcript were first published by…

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6th Lord of the Underworld, a mixed-media artwork by Joseph Burwell, whose work was on view last month at Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, in New York City. © The artist. Courtesy…

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War Endures, a painting by Olive Ayhens, whose work will be on view in November at Bookstein Projects, in New York City. Courtesy the artist and Bookstein Projects, New York…

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The Rest of Lord Byron, a painting by Miki Leal, whose work was on view in February at ARCOmadrid, in Madrid. Courtesy the artist and F2 Galería, Madrid

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