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
“Tonight I Can Write (the Saddest Lines)” by Pablo Neruda
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 26, 2021
God, Can You Hear Me?
Many young evangelicals are beginning to question the packaged truths offered in megachurches
By T. M. Luhrmann Monday, January 25, 2021
The Tiger Conundrum
What to make of the complex, controversial golfing legend
By Eric Wills Saturday, January 23, 2021
Death in Papua New Guinea
Chronicling the disappearance of an entire language—and everything else that goes with it
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 22, 2021
Rage Against Reason
What Seneca could teach us about our inflamed passions
By John T. Scott and Robert Zaretsky Thursday, January 21, 2021
“You, Andrew Marvell” by Archibald MacLeish
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Birthright Citizens and Paper Sons
The complicated case of an American-born child of Chinese immigrants
By Amanda Frost Monday, January 18, 2021
The Costs of Prudentialism
Why our public-health institutions failed to stop Covid-19
By Philip Alcabes Saturday, January 16, 2021
