Read Me a Poem
“Sunday Morning” by Wallace Stevens
Poems read aloud, beautifully
by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Book Reviews
Our Pragmatic Present
There is no prescribed meaning or purpose to our lives—and that’s okay
by John Kaag | Monday, March 27, 2023
Smarty Pants Podcast
Cherry Blossom Bonanza
Naoko Abe on how an English eccentric saved Japan’s beloved cherry trees—and spread them around the world
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, March 24, 2023
Web Essays
On the Record, At Last
My father never got to tell his story at the war crimes trials at Nuremberg—it’s taken decades for the truth to come out
by George Anders | Thursday, March 23, 2023
Read Me a Poem
“Three O’Clock 1942” by Grace Cavalieri
Poems read aloud, beautifully
by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Smarty Pants Podcast
Filling in the Fragments
Diane Rayor on translating the poetry of Sappho
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, March 17, 2023
Article
Phantoms
What it’s like to navigate the world when your senses conjure up phenomena that others can’t perceive
by Caitriona Lally | Thursday, March 16, 2023
Current Issue

Plus: Elizabeth Kadetsky on what a set of stolen stone goddesses can tell us about our current reckoning with antiquities trafficking; Matthew Denton-Edmundson imagines an animal rights movement not based on suffering; and John Dos Passos’s grandson reflects on his namesake’s love of the sea
Essays
The Goddess Complex
A set of revered stone deities was stolen from a temple in northwestern India; their story can tell us much about our current reckoning with antiquities trafficking
by Elizabeth Kadetsky
Article
The Pain Principle
What if the animal rights movement abandoned its focus on suffering and appealed to a different set of human emotions?
by Matthew Denton-Edmundson
Article
The Sound of Wood and Steel
A new exhibition explores the guitar’s power and influence in American art and life