On the Psychology of Swearing
Could cursing be good for us?
By Jessica Love Thursday, September 6, 2012
Here, Kitty Kitty
For I will consider my cats Frisky, Buster, Snuffy, etc.
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Reading Caliban
Why can’t scholars write more clearly?
By Paula Marantz Cohen Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The Clintons Up Close
A friendship between two couples yields insights into a presidency and a marriage
By Jane Warwick Yoder and Edwin M. Yoder Jr. Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Too Big to Fail and Too Risky to Exist
Four years after the 2008 financial crisis, banks are behaving more recklessly than ever
By William J. Quirk Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Questions of Being
What if our minds are the ultimate reality?
By Jay Tolson Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective Story By Jim Holt
Liberty Is a Slow Fruit
Lincoln the deliberate emancipator
By Louis P. Masur Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Kerouac in His Own Words
An old friend explores his search for a new approach to the novel
By Deborah Baker Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac By Joyce Johnson
Mortify Our Wolves
The struggle back to life and faith in the face of pain and the certainty of death
By Christian Wiman Tuesday, September 4, 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
