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The Licentiate’s Children

by Juan Gabriel Vásquez,Translated by Phil Klay,

From a speech published in the book El arte de la distorsión. Vásquez is the author, most recently, of the story collection Songs for the Flames. Translated from the Spanish.…

State of the Art

by Greg Jackson,

From “Sources of Life,” which was published in the Spring 2021 issue of The Point. Jackson’s essay “Prayer for a Just War” appeared in the June issue of Harper’s Magazine.…

A Walk to Remember

by Fenton Johnson,

From At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life, published this month by W. W. Norton. When I imagine my death, I do not see myself surrounded…

Going It Alone

by Fenton Johnson,

The dignity and challenge of solitude

From “Voyage Alone in the Rob Roy,” which appeared in the May 1868 issue of Harper’s Magazine. The complete essay — along with the magazine’s entire 164-year archive — is available online at harpers.org/fromthearchive.

Man Seated

by Rockwell Kent,

La solitude d’oiseauleur

by Papa Ibra Tall,

The coming solitude

Art by Hernan Bas,

Alone (Active)

Art by Robyn O’Neil,

Report

by Norman D. Ford,

Buy an island

The solitary

by Madison Julius Cawein,

Solitude

The Licentiate’s Children

State of the Art

A Walk to Remember

Going It Alone

A Floating Freehold

Man Seated

La solitude d’oiseauleur

The coming solitude

Alone (Active)

Report

The solitary

Debug

Solitude

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The Licentiate’s Children

State of the Art

A Walk to Remember

Going It Alone

A Floating Freehold

Man Seated

La solitude d’oiseauleur

The coming solitude

Alone (Active)

Report

The solitary

April 1905

Debug