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Advice for the underachieving student. Credit: Jacob Boomsma Some years ago, near the end of my first half-decade as a college professor, an unfamiliar phrase found its way onto the lips of our undergraduate “retention” bureaucrats. Whereas once a student…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A girl is peering out of her foggy car window, surveying the dark, quiet roads that signal a town that has gone to sleep. Outside, the only colors that appear are…

A new biography of Anthony Hecht is a study of discipline in art, life, and civilization. (Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Late Romance: Anthony Hecht, a Poet’s Life by David Yezzi Donald Fagen, the lead singer of Steely…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The film business is notoriously unstable, and the path is especially hazardous for any company that dares to think of cinema as an art as well as a business. So it’s…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Shauna LyonGoings On editor You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. For our winter…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. A particular restaurant, a specific market, an exquisite…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story As the cold days descend upon us, the rhythms of the city change. People unpack their winter gear; outdoor spaces empty. For the cover of the November 13, 2023, issue, Kadir…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “If that shit don’t work, I don’t wear it,” the director and writer George C. Wolfe told me when we spoke last month. He was talking about the baggage of childhood…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Earlier this year, Ben Smith, the former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News and a onetime New York Times columnist, published a book, titled “Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story You could write dozens of obituaries a year for beloved New York restaurants that have shuttered their doors. One of the things I love most about this city is how regenerative…