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Narrative

Q. & A.

The Long American History of “Missing White Woman Syndrome”

The true-crime scholar Jean Murley discusses the Gabby Petito case and what’s behind our fascination with certain kinds of victims.
Our Columnists

Why Are Some Journalists Afraid of “Moral Clarity”?

These writers see the spectre of totalitarianism in an emerging new political consensus—one that they believe challenges the primacy of traditional liberal values.
Daily Comment

Amid the Pandemic, Is Hong Kong Facing a Different Kind of Death?

With the latest proposed security legislation, if Hong Kongers dare to question Beijing’s narratives, they are liable to be accused of subversion.
Culture Desk

The Coronavirus and the Ruptured Narrative of Campus Life

Colleges across the country are trying to figure out their way forward in a story in which meanings have suddenly, drastically, and frighteningly changed.
Second Read

Rosmarie Waldrop’s Novel of the In-Between

A novel of desire and scandal and personal and political circumstance, “The Hanky of Pippin’s Daughter” is also about the problem of narration.
The Writing Life

Structure

Culture Desk

Weekend Reading: Guns, Religion, and Global Warming

Culture Desk

Weekend Reading: Dr. Livingston, I Presume

Fiction

Homage To Hemingway

Page-Turner

Waiting for the Fall