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
The Art of Doing Nothing Much, Together
Sheila Liming on the importance of chillaxing
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 31, 2023
“Sunday Morning” by Wallace Stevens
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Our Pragmatic Present
There is no prescribed meaning or purpose to our lives—and that’s okay
By John Kaag Monday, March 27, 2023
Mind in Nature: John Dewey, Cognitive Science, and a Naturalistic Philosophy for Livingby Mark Johnson and Jay Schulkin
Cherry Blossom Bonanza
Naoko Abe on how an English eccentric saved Japan’s beloved cherry trees—and spread them around the world
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 24, 2023
On the Record, At Last
My father never got to tell his story at the war crimes trials at Nuremberg—it’s taken decades for the truth to come out
By George Anders Thursday, March 23, 2023
“Three O’Clock 1942” by Grace Cavalieri
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 21, 2023
