Trips
Fiction
Arrivals
“At a stoplight, you idle under a billboard, and what towers above you is a portrait of your boyfriend’s face. You do your best not to stare.”
Missed Connections Dept.
After Seventy-five Hundred Miles, a Long-Haul Paddler Floats Into Town
Neal Moore, a canoeist who set off from Oregon, closes in on the Statue of Liberty after twenty-two months, twenty-two rivers, and one capsizing incident—a journey inspired by the disappearance of his fellow-canoeist, Dick Conant.
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Friday, July 2nd
“I love the sound of everyone else getting away for the weekend.”
Personal History
The Musk Ox and Me
How a summer spent tracking elusive animals in Alaska led to a lifetime on the road.
The Current Cinema
“The Painter and the Thief” Is a Quaveringly Dark Fairy Tale
The near-electric strangeness of the attraction between this documentary’s protagonists leaves plenty to argue about.
Dept. of Psychopharmacology
The Drug of Choice for the Age of Kale
How ayahuasca, an ancient Amazonian hallucinogenic brew, became the latest trend in Brooklyn and Silicon Valley.
Our Far-Flung Correspondents
The End of the End of the World
Fiction
The Dark Arts
Personal History
A Reporter at Odds
A Neurologist’s Notebook
Face-Blind
Fiction
La Vita Nuova
Fiction