American Modernism’s Lost Boy-King
The late, great Paul Auster on Stephen Crane
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, May 3, 2024
The Redoubtable Bull Shark
Reflecting on one of nature’s most dangerous predators
By John Gifford Thursday, May 2, 2024
Hometown Heroes
What if the goal is not to make it out of the neighborhood?
By Eric Wills Monday, April 29, 2024
There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
Let Us Compare Mythologies
Exploding the Canon, Episode 4
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, April 26, 2024
Stereotypes and the City
What to make of HBO’s attempts to diversify an iconic show?
By Sharon Sochil Washington Thursday, April 25, 2024
“The Imaginary Iceberg” by Elizabeth Bishop
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, April 23, 2024
“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Island Royalty
A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary
By Madison Smartt Bell Monday, January 13, 2025
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christopheby Marlene L. Daut
The Writer in the Family
The fiction of E. L. Doctorow gave a young man hope of connecting his father and his literary hero
By Jonathan Liebson Wednesday, January 8, 2025
The Weight of a Stone
Searching for stability in an erratic world led Oliver Sacks and other writers to the realms of geology
By Megan Craig Thursday, January 2, 2025
