Read Me a Poem
“Renascence” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Poems read aloud, beautifully
by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Smarty Pants Podcast
Past is Present
How violence, exploitation, and religion have ruled Latin America’s history—and might portend its future
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, February 21, 2020
Read Me a Poem
“Birches” by Robert Frost
Poems read aloud, beautifully
by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Portrait of the Artist
Damien Davis
Semiotics of Culture
by Noelani Kirschner | Monday, February 17, 2020
Smarty Pants Podcast
The Meaning of Minimalism
Going beyond its glossy lifestyle image to the existentialism at its heart
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, February 14, 2020
Read Me a Poem
“Love Poem” by Audre Lorde
Poems read aloud, beautifully
by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Web Essays
A Matter of Pride
The enduring legacy of Gentleman’s Agreement
by David Lehman | Monday, February 10, 2020
THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK
Current Issue
“Courts found serious, reversible errors in nearly seven of every 10 of the thousands of capital sentences fully reviewed.”—Lincoln Caplan
Plus: Ingrid D. Rowland on the masterful sculptures of Bertoldo di Giovanni, Jon Zobenica on the forgotten sexual revolution of World War II, and Jerome Charyn on Tarantino
Book Essay
Norman Maclean and Me
Advice for living and drinking from the author of A River Runs Through It
by Rebecca McCarthy
Cover Story
This Man Should Not Be Executed
Billy Joe Wardlow murdered a man, but mitigating facts say he should not pay for that crime with his life
by Lincoln Caplan
Letter From
Kiev: New Leader, Old Troubles
Dysfunction still prevails in Ukraine, especially in the war-torn east; for the rest of the country, the challenges are financial.
by Megan Buskey
Article
Channeling Emerson
At work in his timeless, smoke-scented, ghost-crammed study at the old manse
by James Marcus
