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 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
Don’t Forget Intuition
The art of doing science
By Sam Kean Thursday, June 1, 2023
In a Flight of Starlings: The Wonders of Complex Systemsby Giorgio Parisi
Putting the Story Back in History
Hayden White on truth, facts, and the allure of a well-told tale
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, June 1, 2023
Shell Shock and Awe
The enduring terror of the trenches
By Henry Allen Thursday, June 1, 2023
Soldiers Don’t Go Mad: A Story of Brotherhood, Poetry, and Mental Illness During the First World Warby Charles Glass
Notes and Outtakes
Good writing never gets old
By Robert Wilson Thursday, June 1, 2023
Tabula Rasa: Volume 1by John McPhee
In the Aftermath of Civil War
The art of observance in the lyrics of Vidyan Ravinthiran
By Langdon Hammer Thursday, June 1, 2023
Get Me Rewrite!
The relationship between a renowned author and a consummate editor can sometimes make for high drama
By Eric Wills Thursday, June 1, 2023
Someone’s Gotta Do It
On transforming monotony into meaning
By Lydia Moland Thursday, June 1, 2023
Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Livingby John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle
