What’s Wrong (and Right) with Science Journalism
Remarks to the University of Iowa on October 8, 2008, for the Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry
By David Brown Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The Decline of the English Department
How it happened and what could be done to reverse it
By William M. Chace Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Brush Up Your Berlin
And beware of kiss-me-I’m-poetical junk
By David Lehman Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Facing the Music
What 1930s pop culture can teach us about our own hard times
By Morris Dickstein Tuesday, September 1, 2009
A Day in the Life
Reading Joyce’s Ulysses as a guide to urban living
By Sudip Bose Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday Life in Joyce’s Masterpiece By Declan Kiberd
Living on $500,000 a Year
What F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tax returns reveal about his life and times
By William J. Quirk Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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
“The Horses” by Edwin Muir
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 31, 2024
The Snow Maiden
Our final episode of 2018 is a send-off to the solstice
By Stephanie Bastek Monday, December 30, 2024
Ho Ho Horror
Why not make this Christmas a little darker?
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 27, 2024
