Searching for the Spirit of Acid House
Has electronic dance music lost its soul?
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, February 1, 2019
“I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” by Emily Dickinson
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Friday, February 1, 2019
Make Social Media Great Again
… Or at least tolerable
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Of Poets and a President
Was Walt Whitman right when he said that America’s “common referee” is not its presidents but its poets?
By James McWilliams Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Unimposing Little Gems
Russell Baker was a columnist’s columnist
By Ernest B. Furgurson Monday, January 28, 2019
Something New in the West
Kurt Beals on translating All Quiet on the Western Front
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, February 28, 2025
The Resistance Fighter as Philosopher
Remembering Vladimir Jankélévitch
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, February 27, 2025
“The Vow” by Yuliya Musakovska
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 25, 2025
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
