The Lost Border Working for 19 years on the fringe of the Iron Curtain, photographer Brian Rose captured the landscapes of central Europe with Bruegel’s sensitivity for how a setting tells a story. A conversation about his work, and a gallery of photos from his odyssey.

The Day After The World Trade Center Was Attacked There is a palpable sadness in Brooklyn today, seen in how people walk, then stop, as if they’ve just forgotten something, how they gather on street corners to talk, in those who cry on the sidewalk and the faces of the old people in my neighborhood who look up when the roar of jet planes starts again. The Editors remember.

Roundtable: Children’s Music We’ve seen their drawings of Radiohead songs, they tell us the Strokes make their heads hurt ‘like 100 dogs,’ but how do we feel about their songs? Contributing writers Leslie Harpold, Sarah Hepola, and Choire Sicha listen to children’s music, and weigh in on the state of the weird and pint-sized.

Robert Birnbaum Writer, photographer, and acclaimed interviewer Robert Birnbaum talks about his favorite books, chats with Richard Russo, and the deep affections between Charlie Rose and Cartier-Bresson.