Spotlight
“To Be in Love” by Gwendolyn Brooks
Poems read aloud, beautifully
by Amanda Holmes | Friday, December 14, 2018
Measure by Measure
The World Becomes a Dream, the Dream Becomes a World
Wolfgang Rihm’s Astralis
by Sudip Bose | Thursday, December 13, 2018
View from Rue Saint-Georges
Taking It to the Streets
Darkness descends on the City of Light
by Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Smarty Pants Podcast
The Microscopic House Guest
Coming to terms with the abundance of life in our homes
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, December 07, 2018
Read Me a Poem
“Church Going” by Philip Larkin
Poems read aloud, beautifully
by Amanda Holmes | Friday, December 07, 2018
Web Exclusive
Alaska After the Quake
You can only rebuild so much
by Miranda Weiss | Thursday, December 06, 2018
Current Issue
Amanda Holmes reads Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem, “To Be in Love.” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
Incarcerating the Innocent
By Lara Bazelon
An excerpt from Lara Bazelon’s examination of wrongful imprisonment
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