Divided Providence
Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War
By Robert Wilson Thursday, January 23, 2025
Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Union by Richard Carwardine
“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 Christophe by 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 Haunted Beach” by Mary Robinson
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The Geography of Neglect
A complex tale of belonging
By Allison Blakely Monday, May 10, 2021
African Europeans: An Untold Historyby Olivette Otele
A Verray, Parfit Gentil Knyght
The first biography of Geoffrey Chaucer in a generation explores the places that inspired the English poet
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, May 7, 2021
“The Wind Will Blow Us Away” by Forugh Farrokhzad
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Between Science and Séance
The poltergeist that cemented a ghost hunter’s theory about the psyche
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, April 30, 2021
