“After Making Love We Hear Footsteps” by Galway Kinnell
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 3, 2026
On the Trail of Jeremiah
Robert Redford, the lure of the West, and the art of getting away
By David Gessner Monday, March 2, 2026
The Guilt of Victory and the Virtue of Defeat 
Wrestling with war and its aftermath
By David Stromberg Monday, March 2, 2026
Who Is Thinking?
The quest to discover the answer to an age-old question
By T. M. Luhrmann Monday, March 2, 2026
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness By Michael Pollan
The Great Decipherment
Decoding the story of a lost civilization
By Ilan Stavans Monday, March 2, 2026
The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya By David Stuart
‘In the Presence of People No Longer Here’
Historians in the Ukrainian city of Lviv are documenting the horrors of the past while living in the shadow of war
By Adam Hochschild Monday, March 2, 2026
Afloat Between Worlds
What is the meaning of the mystical visions that a sailor experiences at sea?
By Joseph S. Christensen Monday, March 2, 2026
Think, Again
Reckoning with the elegance of physical laws and the wonders of being alive
By John Kaag Monday, March 2, 2026
Traversal By Maria Popova
The Final Word
The death of Gabby Petito and the uncomfortable intimacy of vocal re-creation software
By Amy Butcher Monday, March 2, 2026
The Importance of Being Idle
What Paul Lafargue taught us about work
By Robert Zaretsky Monday, March 30, 2026
The Bottom of the Ninth
In baseball and in life, there is a cost to our pursuit of an error-free existence
By Elizabeth D. Samet Thursday, March 26, 2026
“Field and Forest” by Randall Jarrell
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Shotgun Ornithology
James H. McCommons on the first American efforts to save the birds
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 20, 2026
Thinking in the Margins
What Oliver Sacks jotted down in the books he read
By Bill Hayes Thursday, March 19, 2026
