When Foreign Words and Native Accents Meet
The politics of saying it right
By Jessica Love Thursday, October 4, 2012
Confounding Father
Thomas Jefferson and the economics of slavery
By T. H. Breen Thursday, October 4, 2012
Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves By Henry Wiencek
The Lay of the Land
Through the eons with plate tectonics
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Yiddishisms
Words from the old country enrich the language of the new
By Paula Marantz Cohen Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Dirty Pictures
George Bellows, the beauties of an industrial landscape, and a tribute to the quiet men who got things done
By Michael Dirda Friday, September 28, 2012
What Little Girls Are Made Of
Sugar and spice and linguistic precocity
By Jessica Love Thursday, September 27, 2012
They Work Hard for their Honey
So you better treat them right
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Hobart Shakespeareans
A movie that reminds us how much a great teacher can do
By Paula Marantz Cohen Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Beside the Golden Door
The new immigrants, and some older ones
By William Deresiewicz Sunday, September 23, 2012
“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
