More Than Mere Words
The strange allure of the printed page
By Steven G. Kellman Thursday, January 26, 2023
Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers
“Postscript” by Seamus Heaney
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 24, 2023
The Sensual Sargent
Paul Fisher on the restless life of an American great
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 20, 2023
The End Is Only the Beginning
Our species may soon evolve, with the help of technology, into something more than human
By Adam Kirsch Thursday, January 19, 2023
“The Patience of Ordinary Things” by Pat Schneider
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 17, 2023
The Civil Rights Movement: What Good Was It?
Read Alice Walker’s first published essay, which won first place in our 1967 essay contest
By Alice Walker Monday, January 16, 2023
Lost in Smog
Darren Byler on translating the fiction of Uyghur writer Perhat Tursun
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 13, 2023
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
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
