Pickings

“Poetry” by Marianne Moore

Listen to the inaugural entry in our new series of poems read aloud, beautifully

The Lonely Heath at Twilight

Gustav Holst, Thomas Hardy, and a musical portrait of a timeless place

Spring, 1988

Time does nothing to lessen the pain of sexual assault

A Sad Story

Sometimes good faith and hard work are not rewarded

Let the Names Begin

Jill Lear

Tree Talk

Marathon Man

When it comes to athletic records, what was once thought impossible is now imaginable

Shifting Sands

We’re almost out of this tiny grain—and we’re only now beginning to pay attention

MAS

Something New in the West

Kurt Beals on translating All Quiet on the Western Front

The Resistance Fighter as Philosopher

Remembering Vladimir Jankélévitch

Winter Sun

“The Vow” by Yuliya Musakovska

Poems read aloud, beautifully

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

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