Diagrammatics Sometimes it’s difficult to explain things without the use of visual aids. An interview and gallery by artist Claire Oswalt, who does exactly that, taking the essential pieces of everyday things and finding the connections between them.

Amanda Hesser New York Times food reporter and ‘Food Diary’ columnist Amanda Hesser on favorite books, upcoming food trends, and very small sandwiches.

Panning the Gold And so another Oscar season draws to a close. Though all the outfits have been judged, all the montages wept over, and all the envelopes opened, there remains one last Academy Awards ritual to perform: grousing about who won. A look back at previous Oscar winners, and the critics who hated them.

The Miracle of Dust Marjorie had a perfectly functional, model family in the suburbs, until the Blessed Face of Holy Mother Mary appeared on her television. New fiction by Dennis Mahoney.