Revenge of the Nerds

How geek culture finally triumphed

The Man Who Loved Proust

Reynaldo Hahn and the sounds of the beautiful age

Workers of France, Unite!

The personal misery of public strikes

What You Will Miss the Most

Shawna C. Elliott

Waves of Nostalgia

Four Strong Winds

Lilacs for Lincoln (and Kennedy and King)

Roger Sessions, part II

The Great Detached

As a journalist, Tom Wolfe’s greatest asset was his emotional distance from his subjects

Make Them Work

A different sort of moral obligation

We Want a Hero

Learning to Be Social
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What might Rousseau teach us about how to live with others?

White Easter

“That Day” by Nikki Giovanni

Poems read aloud, beautifully

The Shipping News

Ian Kumekawa tells the story of the global economy in one barge

American Carthage

Echoes from the ancient conflicts between Hannibal’s city and Rome continue to reverberate well into the present

Star Trek: Discovery

“Piano Fire” by Claudia Emerson

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Lorena Diosdado

Multifaceted Latinx identities

Raspberry Heaven

A yearly back-yard harvest opens a door to the divine

A Midsummer Night’s Stream

Can digital performances save America’s nonprofit theaters?

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