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 Horses” by Edwin Muir
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 31, 2024
The Snow Maiden
Our final episode of 2018 is a send-off to the solstice
By Stephanie Bastek Monday, December 30, 2024
Ho Ho Horror
Why not make this Christmas a little darker?
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 27, 2024
What Jesus Did
Forget about Christ as secular sage, historical figure, or even as Christian
By Garry Wills Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Two Strangers, Three Stories
All the lonely people and where they come from
By James McConkey Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Shouldn’t There Be a Word … ?
The holes in our language and the never-ending search for words to fill them
By Barbara Wallraff Wednesday, March 1, 2006
The Idea of Bombay
Bollywood epitomized modernity for a boy in a distant province. As an adult, he sees a troubled city.
By Gyan Prakash Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Henry James vs. the Robber Barons
Why Italian art should stay in England, where it belongs, and not fall into the hands of foreigners
By Gorman Beauchamp Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Why Read George Eliot?
Her novels are just modern enough—and just old-fashioned enough, too
By Paula Marantz Cohen Wednesday, March 1, 2006
The New Anti-Semitism
First religion, then race, then what?
By Bernard Lewis Thursday, December 1, 2005
My Holocaust Problem
If we cannot speak of it—though speak of it we must—how do we remember what happened to the Jews of Europe?
By Arthur Krystal Thursday, December 1, 2005
