“He Asked About the Quality” by C. P. Cavafy
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Survival Situation
The debate over evolution and its discoverer
By Anne Matthews Monday, June 10, 2024
Origin Story: The Trials of Charles Darwin by Howard Markel
Tunneling to Freedom
In The Great Escape (1963), the true story of a harrowing breakout from a German POW camp
By David Lehman Thursday, June 6, 2024
A Forgotten Turner Classic
Who was George Eyser, the one-legged German-American gymnast who astounded at the Olympic Games?
By Joshua Prager Monday, June 3, 2024
Downstream of Fukushima
The Japanese seafood industry has rebounded, but is anyone worried about irradiated water?
By James Conaway Thursday, May 30, 2024
“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
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
