Every Friday, we will publish a short list of a few articles that have caught our attention. This is what we’re reading this week: A musing on Elena Ferrante, the digital era and the collapse of anonymity: “It has become natural to think of the author as a particular individual who exists, inevitably, outside the […]
Taylor Ross considers how the recent unmasking of Elena Ferrante reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of language and literature.
Jonathan Lett considers how the formation of the fan shapes the soul.
Anna Masi ruminates on running, depression, and the gentle wisdom of Jean Vanier.
Meghan Florian considers how soccer influenced her feminist awakening.
Katie Karnehm-Esh works toward a complicated yoga pose while also coming to peace with her divorce.
Tim Suttle investigates American football through the lens of empire.
The Other Journal features art from the Latino artist Gerald Lopez, who creates images based on the Mexican sport of professional wrestling known as Lucha libre.
Putting David Foster Wallace in conversation with Andrew Edgar, Benj Petroelje argues that while sport no longer trades in transcendence, it does contain echoes of two elements of a Christian vision of human flourishing.
