DIY
Not all the time, but sometimes, early in the morning, dawn just breaking, my car goes bling-blong and the passenger airbag indicator glows on the dashboard. The post DIY appeared first on The Point...
View ArticleThe Failed Man
“We really don’t have to watch it.” “Baby, I want to watch it,” my girlfriend tells me. “Really. I want to understand.” “Okay,” I say, […] The post The Failed Man appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleDoom Scroll
Let’s say it while there’s still time: Jorie Graham is our most important living poet. “Our” being readers of American English; the time being late, […] The post Doom Scroll appeared first on The Point...
View ArticleAutobiography of Influence
Yes! I thought as I read U and I, feeling my mischievous, troll instincts emerge: I could do what Baker did with Updike, but with Baker. The post Autobiography of Influence appeared first on The Point...
View ArticleOn the Crisis of Men
On a Saturday morning this winter, while my wife trained for a half-marathon, I was tasked with taking our eighteen-month-old daughter to the neighborhood synagogue […] The post On the Crisis of Men...
View ArticleBlighted Horizons
Today the day-care wars no longer take the form of hallucinogenic news segments and sensationalized tabloid stories. They are quieter, mostly dignified and often subterranean. The post Blighted...
View ArticleThe Risk of the Universal
“I may die before my time.” The English philosopher Gillian Rose (1947-1995) opened one of her final lectures with these words; soon after, she would […] The post The Risk of the Universal appeared...
View ArticleThe Lost Abortion Plot
Were they simply not good enough, not profound enough, not numerous enough to constitute a collective? None of this, as it turns out, is right. The post The Lost Abortion Plot appeared first on The...
View ArticleThe City Beneath the City
This is the second installment of “Preserving Gaza,” a series of interviews with Palestinian scholars and writers about particular aspects of Gaza’s history, heritage and […] The post The City Beneath...
View ArticleIs Sex Fun?
Q: My girlfriend and I have always had what I’ve considered a healthy (albeit “plain”) sexual dynamic—we fuck regularly, make each other come in various […] The post Is Sex Fun? appeared first on The...
View ArticleThe Imitative Impulse
Here is Transcendentalism at its best, my favorite part, running wild with the imitative impulse. The post The Imitative Impulse appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleCreation Myths
In Marilynne Robinson’s latest book, Reading Genesis, she carries the theology implicit in her fiction back to its scriptural source. The post Creation Myths appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleSignificant Obsessions
When Milan Kundera died last year, I was in Prague, visiting my parents. The post Significant Obsessions appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleAge-Old Wisdom
In light of Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the presidential race over widespread concerns about his age and mental fitness, The Point has assembled […] The post Age-Old Wisdom appeared first on...
View ArticleSwimming in Liberalism
According to Alexandre Lefebvre, professor of politics and philosophy at the University of Sydney and author of the new book Liberalism as a Way of […] The post Swimming in Liberalism appeared first on...
View ArticleIsrael Stories
Matti Friedman is a freelance journalist and the author of Pumpkinflowers and Who by Fire: War, Atonement, and the Resurrection of Leonard Cohen. Based in […] The post Israel Stories appeared first on...
View ArticleThe Dome of Heaven
The majority of the legendary postmodernists in American fiction lived long enough to be disappointed by their legends. The post The Dome of Heaven appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleOver Man
As is often the case, I first read Friedrich Nietzsche as a teenage boy. The post Over Man appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticleCamas, Washington
Erin was the reason me and my buddy Nick stopped calling each other pussy. The post Camas, Washington appeared first on The Point Magazine.
View ArticlePerformance Issues
You’re right: much of sex does feel like theater. But what kind of theater is it? The post Performance Issues appeared first on The Point Magazine.
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