The Resistance Fighter as Philosopher
Remembering Vladimir Jankélévitch
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, February 27, 2025
“The Vow” by Yuliya Musakovska
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 25, 2025
In the Endless Arctic Light
A journey to the far north of Norway means confronting our changing climate
By Walter Nicklin Thursday, February 20, 2025
“Faustina, or, Rock Roses” by Elizabeth Bishop
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Family/History
David Levering Lewis digs into his own origin story
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, February 14, 2025
In the Lions’ Studio
A new dual biography turns the lens on the towering architects of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
By Noah Isenberg Thursday, February 13, 2025
Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation by Kenneth Turan
More Than a ‘Mere Echo’
English versions of foreign literature must stand on their own
By Lauren Elkin Monday, July 11, 2022
Translating Myself and Othersby Jhumpa Lahiri
How the Black Creek Lost Their Citizenship
Caleb Gayle on a complicated tale of belonging
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 8, 2022
Our Remedy
Quack Covid cures and New Age elixirs are just a 21st-century spin on 19th-century patent medicines
By Colin Dickey Thursday, July 7, 2022
A Very Specific Excerpt from “Maud” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Free, Legal, On Demand
Tamara Dean on abortion in the 19th century
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 1, 2022
What a Long, Strange Trip It Was
The explosive writer who created worlds alien and mundane
By Madison Smartt Bell Thursday, June 30, 2022
I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhysby Miranda Seymour
“nobody but you” by Charles Bukowski
Poems read aloud, beautifully