“The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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 Constancy of Things 
All it took was that first bite for her to realize that she had indeed been hungry, not just for food, but for pleasure, for life.
By Sheila Kohler Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Jo & Drac
If you’re dead or fictional, we’re the dating service for you!
By Pamela Petro Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Wielders of the Knife
How doctors learned to keep patients alive on the operating table
By Perri Klass Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Empire of the Scalpel: The History of Surgeryby Ira Rutkow
Surviving the Ebb and Flow
The curious creatures that inhabit the ocean’s edge
By Miranda Weiss Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Life Between the Tidesby Adam Nicolson
The Beginning of the End
Carmen Giménez, a professor of English at Virginia Tech, is the author of six books, including Milk and Filth, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Be Recorder, which was short-listed for the National Book Award and PEN Open Book Award. This poem comes from a collection-in-progress called Nostalgia Has Such a Short Half-Life, which considers pop culture in conjunction with the end of the world.
By Carmen Giménez Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Dollars Versus Degrees
Are business interests alone to blame for global warming?
By Donald Worster Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Fire and Flood: A People’s History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Presentby Eugene Linden
