Preserving the Wild
What’s next for America’s largest national forest?
By James Conaway Thursday, January 2, 2020
“The Listeners” by Walter de La Mare
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 31, 2019
“Forgotten As If You Never Were” by Mahmoud Darwish
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Thirteen of the Best Books We Read in 2019
From fiction that will pull you in to eight ways the world could end
By Our Editors Saturday, December 21, 2019
“Trouble with Math in a One-Room Country School” by Jane Kenyon
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 17, 2019
A Holiday Reading Roundup
Seven books published by the Scholar’s contributors in 2019
By Our Editors Monday, December 16, 2019
In the Endless Arctic Light
A journey to the far north of Norway means confronting our changing climate
By Walter Nicklin Thursday, February 20, 2025
“Faustina, or, Rock Roses” by Elizabeth Bishop
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Family/History
David Levering Lewis digs into his own origin story
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, February 14, 2025
In the Lions’ Studio
A new dual biography turns the lens on the towering architects of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
By Noah Isenberg Thursday, February 13, 2025
Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equationby Kenneth Turan
“My Mother on an Evening in Late Summer” by Mark Strand
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 11, 2025
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