“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
More Game, Less Pain
Video gamers tend to become desensitized
By Josie Glausiusz Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Godless Art
In the absence of religion, is morality enough?
By Paula Marantz Cohen Tuesday, December 3, 2013
The Art of Obsession
Some of us are compulsive in our creativity
By Paula Marantz Cohen Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Much Reading. Wow.
On the delicate dance between humor and inscrutability