“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 Making of PoBiz Farm
After it became our permanent home, we overfilled it with overloved horses and dogs
By Maxine Kumin Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Ready to Be Free
The end of the peculiar institution
By Louis P. Masur Tuesday, March 11, 2014
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation By David Brion Davis
Secrets of Dragonflies
Aerospace engineers look for insect inspiration
By Sasha Ingber Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Home Schooling
A book that teaches families how to succeed
By Paula Marantz Cohen Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Realism With a Heart
The Dardenne brothers bring an idiosyncratic sympathy to their portrayals of Belgian lowlifes