Still Lives
The enduring influence of da Vinci’s anatomical drawings
By Paula Marantz Cohen Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Remembering Matthew Power
Journalist, friend, man of action
By Josie Glausiusz Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Staying Up to Speed
An experienced professor is humbled by his colleague’s knowledge and caring
By Paula Marantz Cohen Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Józef Korzeniowski: A Note
Perhaps the greatest writer ever born in Ukraine …
By Brian Doyle Friday, March 21, 2014
Here, There Be Ambiguity (a Webcomic)
On contrastive reduplication
By Jessica Love Thursday, March 20, 2014
“The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Keepers of the Old Ways
Eliot Stein on the people keeping cultural traditions alive
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 17, 2025
“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
