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Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come

A new book about Stephen King’s early novels will only appeal to hardcore fans, but its very existence is a reminder of its subject’s incalculable cultural impact.

Kevin Mims 22 May 2026 · 26 min read

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

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Homeric Heresies

Outrage over a black Helen of Troy misunderstands the long Western tradition of radically reinventing classical myths.

Cathy Young 25 May 2026 · 11 min read

A Note from the Editor in Chief Newsletter

A Note from the Editor in Chief

Quillette On Film

Close-up of Kenyan Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy in battle armor, wet curly hair, intense expression. She has dark skin.

Homeric Heresies

Outrage over a black Helen of Troy misunderstands the long Western tradition of radically reinventing classical myths.

Cathy Young 25 May 2026 · 11 min read

Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come

A new book about Stephen King’s early novels will only appeal to hardcore fans, but its very existence is a reminder of its subject’s incalculable cultural impact.

Kevin Mims 22 May 2026 · 26 min read

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

May 23 2026

Quillette 22 May 2026 · 1 min read

A Note from the Editor in Chief Newsletter

Deeply Problematic Newsletter

Quillette on Film

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President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart XI Jinping

Taiwan in the Balance

Aaron Sarin 18 May 2026 · 8 min read

Man in suit raising clenched fist beside newspaper clipping about rape of Palestinians

Nicholas Kristof and the Pornography of Accusation

Yuki Zeman 15 May 2026 · 14 min read

Cole Allen, Luigi Mangione and Gavrilo Princip pictured against a prison fence topped with razor wire.

Dangerous Losers

Jason Manning 14 May 2026 · 10 min read

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Playing Gad

Ben Sixsmith 6 May 2026 · 8 min read

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Australia's Broken Justice System: Andrew Bushnell | Quillette Cetera Ep. 64

Zoe Sankey, Andrew Bushnell 24 May 2026 · 31 min read

An Ivy League University Looks Inward

Quillette 22 May 2026 · 3 min read

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The Last Straight Woman

Iona Italia, Quillette 8 May 2026 · 1 min read

Does Western Civilisation Exist? James Kierstead on Ancient Greece, Christianity, and the West | Quillette Cetera Ep. 63

Does Western Civilisation Exist? James Kierstead on Ancient Greece, Christianity, and the West | Quillette Cetera Ep. 63

Zoe Sankey, James Kierstead 8 May 2026 · 38 min read

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Portrait of young John Constable beside one of his iconic English landscape paintings featuring a rural scene with trees, fields, river, and grazing sheep.

A Man for All Seasons

Graham Daseler 21 May 2026 · 9 min read

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From Babylon to Eurovision

Lynda Ben-Menashe 20 May 2026 · 6 min read

What Is the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor?

What Is the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor?

Gerald M. Steinberg 20 May 2026 · 12 min read

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The Ballad of East and West

Benny Morris 20 May 2026 · 13 min read

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Why AI Is Not About to Go Feral

Maarten Boudry 19 May 2026 · 13 min read

President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart XI Jinping

Taiwan in the Balance

Aaron Sarin 18 May 2026 · 8 min read

Soldiers in camouflage stand at attention as an American flag waves on a pole.

China Is Ready for the Next War. America Is Not.

Brian Stewart 18 May 2026 · 6 min read

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Teacher in a Tutu

Robert Lynch 18 May 2026 · 5 min read

How a UN Agency Misled the World on Cancer Risk

How a UN Agency Misled the World on Cancer Risk

Geoffrey C. Kabat 17 May 2026 · 11 min read

Man in suit raising clenched fist beside newspaper clipping about rape of Palestinians

Nicholas Kristof and the Pornography of Accusation

Yuki Zeman 15 May 2026 · 14 min read

A Deceitful Propaganda Campaign Marketed as a ‘Prank’

A Deceitful Propaganda Campaign Marketed as a ‘Prank’

Jonathan Kay 15 May 2026 · 10 min read

Cole Allen, Luigi Mangione and Gavrilo Princip pictured against a prison fence topped with razor wire.

Dangerous Losers

Jason Manning 14 May 2026 · 10 min read

Art & Culture

Homeric Heresies

A Man for All Seasons

A Deceitful Propaganda Campaign Marketed as a ‘Prank’

Politics

What Is the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor?

Taiwan in the Balance

Nicholas Kristof and the Pornography of Accusation

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Intifadas Bring Neither Justice Nor Peace

The Many Faces of Tucker Carlson

Erasing the Word “Woman”

Education

Teacher in a Tutu

The Emerging Female Wage Premium

“Too Much Science in the Curriculum”

History

From Babylon to Eurovision

The Ballad of East and West

Nixon Was Right

Podcast

Australia's Broken Justice System: Andrew Bushnell | Quillette Cetera Ep. 64

An Ivy League University Looks Inward

The Last Straight Woman

Science / Tech

Why AI Is Not About to Go Feral

How a UN Agency Misled the World on Cancer Risk

The Science Misinformation Gap

Activism

Teacher in a Tutu

The Gender Identity Debate

Silence on Sudan

Free Speech

The Science Misinformation Gap

Can Blackface Be Anti-Racist?

Bertrand Russell’s Cancellation and the Ongoing Battle Over Campus Speech

Books

Kingdom Come

A Man for All Seasons

The Ballad of East and West

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Kingdom Come

Staring at the Sea

Reading Orwell in the Age of AI