“Renascence” by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Past is Present

How violence, exploitation, and religion have ruled Latin America’s history—and might portend its future

Teeth of the Dog

“Birches” by Robert Frost

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Damien Davis

Semiotics of Culture

The Meaning of Minimalism

Going beyond its glossy lifestyle image to the existentialism at its heart

Not Happy With What We Don’t Have

“Love Poem” by Audre Lorde

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Gregory Peck in "Gentleman's Agreement"

A Matter of Pride

The enduring legacy of Gentleman’s Agreement

Lindsey Weber

Relationships that define us

In the Endless Arctic Light

A journey to the far north of Norway means confronting our changing climate

The Bears

“Faustina, or, Rock Roses” by Elizabeth Bishop

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Family/History

David Levering Lewis digs into his own origin story

In the Lions’ Studio

A new dual biography turns the lens on the towering architects of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equationby Kenneth Turan

Such People

“My Mother on an Evening in Late Summer” by Mark Strand

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Kyung Kim

Far over the misty mountains

The Fair Fields

Only rarely did the outside world intrude on an idyllic Connecticut childhood, but in the tumultuous 1960s, that intrusion included an encounter with evil

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