“The Vow” by Yuliya Musakovska

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Lindsey Weber

Relationships that define us

In the Endless Arctic Light

A journey to the far north of Norway means confronting our changing climate

The Bears

“Faustina, or, Rock Roses” by Elizabeth Bishop

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Family/History

David Levering Lewis digs into his own origin story

In the Lions’ Studio

A new dual biography turns the lens on the towering architects of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation by Kenneth Turan

Such People

“My Mother on an Evening in Late Summer” by Mark Strand

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Kyung Kim

Far over the misty mountains

Where the Waters Flow

“The Bluebird” by Charles Bukowski

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Hangama Amiri

Afghan Women’s Lives, Past and Present

Listening to the Dead

Alexa Hagerty on how forensic anthropology exhumes crimes against humanity

The Musical Bard

A turn through the musical museum of folk song and family

Burning or Being Burned?

“Seth Compton” by Edgar Lee Masters

Poems read aloud, beautifully

That Time of the Month

Kate Clancy takes the mystery out of menstruation

The World at the End of a Line

The grandson of one of American literature’s Lost Generation novelists reflects on his namesake’s love of the sea

Riding to the Rescue

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