Nadine Labaki's Oscar-nominated film, Capernaum, highlights the heroism of children in Beirut

Edward P. Jones on The Known World: a compelling tale of slavery in the Antebellum South

Kent Monkman’s subversive art creates a counter-narrative of Indigenous experience

Margo Jefferson on her musical icons, the Black elite, and the power of self-creation

Turkish American novelist Elif Batuman on finding—and losing—yourself in fiction

James Runcie on the beauty, sorrow and genius of Johann Sebastian Bach

Natalie Haynes on the fantastic and fearsome women of Greek myth

Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier on life, love, and The Worst Person in the World