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THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – MARCH 9, 2026 PREVIEW

Two people brave the cold windy weather against a blue sky.

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue features Kadir Nelson’s “Cold Chill” – Trying to stay warm.

Can the Democrats Get It Together?

The fight over the 2028 primary calendar is one of several proxies for a broader battle about the future of the Party—and the search for the best nominee. By Amy Davidson Sorkin

Scandal, Protest, Goofiness, and Grandeur at the U.S. Bicentennial

This year marks the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the nation’s founding. The two hundredth wasn’t exactly smooth sailing. By Jill Lepore

The Tree House and the Oil Pipeline

In the fight against climate change, sometimes you have to go out on a limb. By Robert Moor

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW – MARCH 1, 2026

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW: The latest issue features ‘Now I’m A Believer’ – In “Why I am Not an Atheist”, Christopher Beha makes the case for faith…

Two Sisters Explore the Complex Legacy of Their Mother’s Art

“Backstitch,” a novel by Marian Mitchell Donahue, examines the stark contrast between public talent and private troubles.

Mario Vargas Llosa’s Swan Song Is an Ode to Peruvian Music

The final novel from a titan of Latin American literature follows a critic trying to capture the essence of his national culture.

History’s Most Prolific Female Killer, or a Victim of Disinformation?

A new book by Shelley Puhak dismantles the legend of Hungary’s infamous “blood countess,” separating fact from myth.

APOLLO MAGAZINE ——- MARCH 2026 PREVIEW

Anthony van Dyck | Exact Editions

APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Van Dyck’s Ruff Magic’….

Was Henri Rousseau a sophisticate all along?

The self-taught painter had a trememdous sense of self-belief, despite being ridiculed in his lifetime. A landmark exhibition confirms him as a singularly modern artist

East Side success story: the Asia Society at 70

Since 1956, the New York institution has fostered cross-cultural understanding, equipped with a collection of masterpieces assembled by its founder, John D. Rockefeller

When art becomes an act of last resort

Joseph Koerner’s account of art made in extremis turns Bosch, Beckmann and Kentridge into unexpected associates across the ages

THE HUDSON REVIEW MAGAZINE – WINTER 2026

The Hudson Review | A Magazine of Literature and the Arts

THE HUDSON REVIEW: The latest issue features….

ESSAYS

The Mysterious Case of Gothic Verse Narratives by Brian Brodeur
The Intertidal Zone by Michael Carson

FICTION

Krista Robinson, Age 21 3/4, Wants These Things to Be True by Leslie Pietrzyk

POETRY

The Fells by Natania Rosenfeld
Sonnet Upon the James Webb Space Telescope; The Names of the Seasons by Robert Schultz
A Dance by Brian Swann Memorable Figures by Ellen Kaufman
Stanley Moss by Priscilla Long

ARTS CHRONICLES

Dancing in New York: Variations on a Theme by Marina Harss
Recurring Themes at the New York Film Festival by Erick Neher
Balancing Acts by Becky Y. Lu
At the Galleries by Karen Wilkin

BOOK REVIEWS

Letters of T. S. Eliot, Vol. 10 by William H. Pritchard
Poet, Lucky Poet: The Poems of Seamus Heaney by Mark Jarman
Revivals, Pastorals, a Shroud of Golden Silk by Robert Archambeau
The Making of Gertrude Stein by David Mason

LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS – MARCH 5, 2026 PREVIEW

LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue features Jackson Lears – Brzezinski’s Cold War; Marlowe’s Betrayals; Alexander Bevilacqua visits Noah’s Ark; Caravaggio’s Clothes and more.

Lee Gillette, Neil Blackshaw, Ed Jesudason, Samuel Freeman, David Foglesong, Jim Holt, Michael Neill, Malcolm Parry

James Butler‘Need a lord on the board?’

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – MARCH 2, 2026 PREVIEW

In the winter, a man sits between a window and a radiator and is both freezing and sweating.


THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE : The latest issue features Rachel Aviv on the trial of Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists, Tad Friend on James Talarico, David Sedaris on being broke in New York, and more.

Ian McKellen Swings from Shakespeare to Gandalf to Virtual Reality

On a visit to New York, the actor reflected on mortality and coming out, and unleashed an Elizabethan anti-ICE monologue on “Colbert” that went viral. By Henry Alford

James Talarico Puts His Faith in Texas Voters

The Senate candidate believes that Democrats can win by appealing to higher values. Can he succeed in the age of Trump? By Tad Friend

Why the World Cup Can Feel Like War

Soccer stadiums can be dominated by violence, tribalism, chauvinism, and near-religious fervor‚ animated by the memory of old hostilities and the power of ritual. By Ian Buruma

The Trial of Gisèle Pelicot’s Rapists United France and Fractured Her Family

After fifty-one men were convicted, Pelicot became a feminist hero. But additional accusations left her children struggling to accept her new role. By Rachel Aviv

THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS – MARCH 12, 2026

THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue features

If These Walls Could Talk

In A House for Miss Pauline, the Jamaican novelist Diana McCaulay examines her family’s shadowy history by telling the story of a woman who builds her house with the remains of the manor of a former slave plantation.

A House for Miss Pauline by Diana McCaulay

A Bitter Winter in Ukraine

Four years after their full-scale invasion, the Russians are trying to freeze Ukraine into submission by relentlessly attacking the country’s energy grid.

A Real Live Socialist

What Bernie Sanders brought to the job of mayor of Burlington and what he did with it help explain what matters to him and how he fits into American political argument.

Bernie for Burlington: The Rise of the People’s Politician and the Transformation of One American Place by Dan Chiasson

LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS – FEBRUARY 19, 2026 PREVIEW

LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue features Seamus Perry: Pluralism and Poetry; James Wolcott: Updike Reconsidered; James Meek on Romania’s Far Right;

Seamus Perry · Pluralism and the Modern Poet: Pluralism and Poetry

‘Art arises,’ Auden writes, ‘out of our desire for both beauty and truth and our knowledge that they are not identical.’ We want things two ways, which analysis says we cannot have; but for a moment a poem lets us, in a way that discursive prose, for instance, cannot.

Jonathan RéeKojève v. Hegel

Alexandre Kojève described his book on Hegel as ‘very bad’, and he had a point. His take on The Phenomenology of Spirit is not only misleading but slapdash, dogmatic, frivolous and flamboyant. The characters he filled it with, from the Master and Slave to the Sensualist and the Sage, sound rather like Mr Worldly Wiseman, Madam Bubble and Mr Sagacity in Pilgrim’s Progress.

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – FEBRUARY 16 & 23, 2026

Eustace Tilley and his tall hat obscure the view of the screen in a movie theater.

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue features The Anniversary Issue: Dhruv Khullar on Ozempic, David Remnick on Joe Rogan, Ava Kofman on a surrogacy scandal, and more.

Is There a Remedy for Presidential Profiteering?

Until now, Trump always seemed unembarrassed to crow about his side hustles. But, if the Emirati payment was kept secret, what else might be? By David D. Kirkpatrick

Can Ozempic Cure Addiction?

GLP-1 drugs, which have helped some people curb drug and alcohol use, may unlock a pathway to moderation. By Dhruv Khullar

What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either

Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch. By Gideon Lewis-Kraus