Notes & Essays

It’s like the world has been rubbing our noses in it. Broken government. Police brutality. A global pandemic. Climate change. Awash in harrowing realities, Joshua Ferris discovers the sustaining power of everyday fictions.

A travel writer describes an illuminating trip through the South Korean capital with a close friend.

He was an “avatar of light.”

A flight attendant who used to travel the world for work finds reasons to appreciate being grounded.

It’s not as simple as you think.

Nostalgia is a powerful drug.

Let’s give the guy a break.

We live in a state where wealth belongs, or can be created, only by the very few.

But we should at least hear them out.

The key to ending my toxic relationships with women was discovering my dead father's secrets.