The American Scholar

Helina Metaferia

By Noelani Kirschner | 04/07/2025 |

An army of activists

Lessons From Harlem

By Adam Gussow | 04/04/2025 |

A white blues player’s streetside education

Splitting Our Sides

By Stephen Macone | 04/03/2025 |

A new biography of a comedy pioneer

Terra do Queixo

By Clellan Coe | 04/02/2025 |

“The Dream” by Theodore Roethke

By Amanda Holmes | 04/01/2025 |

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Song for the Earth

By Joseph Horowitz | 03/31/2025 |

Finding a message for today in the music of Gustav Mahler

The Most Famous Unknown Artist

By Stephanie Bastek | 03/28/2025 |

David Sheff puts Yoko Ono in the spotlight

Transcending the Glass Ceiling

By Lydia Moland | 03/27/2025 |

Five women who made important contributions to 19th-century American philosophy finally get their due

The One Who Got Away

By Clellan Coe | 03/26/2025 |

“Käthe Kollwitz” by Muriel Rukeyser

By Amanda Holmes | 03/25/2025 |

Poems read aloud, beautifully