Read Me a Poem
“The Waking” by Theodore Roethke
Poems read aloud, beautifully
by Amanda Holmes | Friday, October 19, 2018
Measure by Measure
The Power of Musick
Handel, Dryden, and Alexander the Great
by Sudip Bose | Thursday, October 18, 2018
View from Rue Saint-Georges
A New Breed of Patriot
Sometimes love of country means defying her laws
by Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Portrait of the Artist
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Seeing Sound Waves
by Noelani Kirschner | Monday, October 15, 2018
Read Me a Poem
“The Second Coming” by W. B. Yeats
Poems read aloud, beautifully
by Amanda Holmes | Friday, October 12, 2018
Smarty Pants Podcast
Black Birds of the Tower
There’s evermore to ravens than you think
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, October 12, 2018
Current Issue
“Internet ventures have become such behemoths that the immunity they received two decades ago may no longer make sense.”—Lincoln Caplan
Plus: Laura Bernstein-Machlay sends her daughter off to college, David Gessner tests the boundaries of writing about race, and Ralph Lombreglia writes a story about drummers
Book Essay
Bringing In the Horse
Virgil’s account of the sacking of Troy has similarities to the political situation of our day
by Mary Lefkowitz
Essays
Present Tense
Even in this interminable drugstore line, my daughter’s last summer before college is slipping by far too quickly
by Laura Bernstein-Machlay
Essays
My Family’s Siberian Exile
A writer pieces together the forgotten history of life in Stalin’s special settlements
by Megan Buskey
