Articles in Literature

Finding Hope ‘In Place of Fear’

The only book ever written by the founder of the NHS is well worth your time.


Why ‘Factfulness’ Cannot Save Us

Optimism is great, but not when it’s the product of ignoring the obvious.


The Library of Books By Current Affairs Interview Guests

Dozens of great authors have been interviewed for Current Affairs. If you’re looking to read something new and insightful, check out one of these titles.


The Ministry for the Future, or Do Authors Dream of Electric Jeeps?

Kim Stanley Robinson’s 2020 climate novel has been hailed as one of the most important books of the era. But is it good climate commentary, or even good fiction?


When History Happens

Editor Lyta Gold reflects on the writings of Connie Willis and the heroes of history.


Merit, Access, and Swordsmanship

Dan Walden examines what makes life worth living, according to sleeper masterpiece “The Last Samurai”.


The Adams Principle

How did cartoonist Scott Adams go from Dilbert to MAGA and what does the Cold War have to do with it?


J.K. Rowling and the Limits of Imagination

The creator of Harry Potter could imagine the most marvelous fictional universe in children’s literature—yet she can’t imagine the inner lives of transgender people or the radical expansion of political possibilities.


Smells Like Team Spirit

A personal essay about childhood, popularity, trailer parks, and the meaning of class.


The Politics and “Pretentiousness” of Reading James Joyce

Is this modernist tome full of fart jokes and dense allusions worth all the irritating discourse around it? Brianna Rennix says yes.


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