“I Explain a Few Things” by Pablo Neruda
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Listening Anew to an American Nomad
How the Grammys recognized Harry Partch nearly 50 years after his death
By David A. Taylor Friday, November 3, 2023
Beethoven Underground
One ensemble bids farewell, with another just getting started
By Vivien Schweitzer Thursday, November 2, 2023
Performance Anxiety
At the Marina Abramović retrospective in London
By Eric Wills Monday, October 30, 2023
Down and Out
A woman excised from her eminent husband’s story
By Steven G. Kellman Friday, October 27, 2023
Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder
A Burning World
Can poetry truly supply the language to express the ineffable sensations of suffering and love?
By Christian Wiman Thursday, October 26, 2023
“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
