The Father of Art History
The man behind the great men of the Renaissance
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 8, 2021
“A Prison Evening” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Hamlet vs. the Nazis
A look back at Ernst Lubitsch’s 1942 movie, To Be or Not To Be
By David Lehman Monday, January 4, 2021
“Lights Out” by Edward Thomas
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 29, 2020
The War on Christmas
A brief history of the Yuletide in America
By Charles Ludington Monday, December 28, 2020
A Solstice Send-Off
A Slavic folktale to tell around the holiday fire
By Stephanie Bastek Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Divided Providence
Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War
By Robert Wilson Thursday, January 23, 2025
Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Unionby Richard Carwardine
“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 Christopheby 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