Admired and Abhorred
The German composer whose legacy continues to confound
By Steven G. Kellman Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music Alex Ross
A Mind on Fire
In his acclaimed trilogy of intellectual biographies, Robert D. Richardson sought to help us overcome the burden of the past
By Sam Gee Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Varieties of Experience
Culture rewires our brains and shapes how we think
By T. M. Luhrmann Wednesday, September 23, 2020
The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich by Joseph Henrich
The Poet Who Painted
Max Jacob, who helped introduce Picasso to the French, was a talented artist in his own right
By Rosanna Warren Wednesday, September 23, 2020
“Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T. S.” by Nissim Ezekiel
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Pandemic Mathematics
Covid-19 has surrounded us in a flurry of numbers, but what’s behind the digits?
By Chloe Shaw Monday, September 21, 2020
Coronavirus and the Withering of the Public Sphere
What are the chances of a post-pandemic world?
By Philip Alcabes Saturday, September 19, 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
By Jonathan Liebson Wednesday, January 8, 2025
