Appreciation Archives

Appreciation

The Twenty-Three Best Train Songs Ever Written—Maybe

by Kevin Baker,

From Johnny Cash to “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”

Vara, A Blessing

by Amie Barrodale,

Khyentse Norbu’s love poem to Old India

My Top 5 Metal Albums and Their Poetic Counterparts

by Michael Robbins,

Havoc, and spoil, and ruin be thy gain

Matt Power: Headlamp a Must

by Donovan Hohn,

“January 1998. In the windowless office shared by the Harper’s interns, I meet this hippie dude from Vermont: ponytail, spectacles of the sort favored by engineering students, lumberjack shirt.”

I Told You When I Came I Was a Stranger

by Pico Iyer,

Leonard Cohen’s first public musical performance

Wong Kar-wai’s Subtle Battles

by Amie Barrodale,

How the director of The Grandmaster captures the essence of the fight