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
The Diagnostician of Despair
Why Rousseau believed that Enlightenment values would lead us to ruin
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, December 19, 2024
Point and Shoot
How the Abu Ghraib images redefine photography
By Andy Grundberg Wednesday, December 1, 2004
The Coming of the French
My life as an English professor
By Phyllis Rose Wednesday, December 1, 2004
The Software Wars
Why you can’t understand your computer
By Paul De Palma Wednesday, December 1, 2004
"I Can’t Believe I’m Doing It with Madame Bovary"
Learning to write musical comedy
By Jonathan Karp Wednesday, December 1, 2004
In Praise of Flubs
The pursuit of perfection has taken all the personality out of recorded classical music
By Sudip Bose Wednesday, December 1, 2004
The Peculiar Intellectual
In the antebellum South, scholars made serious contributions to their fields, at least until they turned to defending slavery
By Richard E. Nicholls Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South By Michael O’Brien
What Einstein Knew
One year and five papers that changed physics forever
By Tony Rothman Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Einstein 1905: The Standard of GreatnessBy John S. Rigden /The Einstein Almanac By Alice Calaprice
The Crooner and the Physicist
Jacques Brel and The New Yorker profile that never reached critical mass
By Jeremy Bernstein Wednesday, December 1, 2004
One Bad Husband
What the “Bluebeard” story tells us about marriage
By Alison Lurie Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Secrets Behind the Door: The Story of Bluebeard and His Wives By Maria Tatar
The Industrial-Strength Humanist
J. Irwin Miller knew how to get things built
By Robert Campbell Wednesday, December 1, 2004
