Raising Mank
The Academy Award–winning film about the making of Citizen Kane is really a window into the tumultuous, brutal side of Hollywood’s golden age
By Jerome Charyn Saturday, June 5, 2021
Eat, Pray, Love Like an Ancient
Why we should care about Epicurus
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, June 4, 2021
E Pluribus Unum?
Our national identity has always been hotly contested
By Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen Thursday, June 3, 2021
American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783–1850 Alan Taylor
Rewilding Our Minds
Why nature is so necessary during the pandemic—and how we repay the debt
By Lucy Jones Wednesday, June 2, 2021
“Sunflower Sutra” by Allen Ginsberg
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, June 1, 2021
The Power of Restraint
We must find a better way to commemorate 9/11
By Andrew Levy Monday, May 31, 2021
Bliss and Melancholy
Playing music can pull you through the tough times
By Diane Cole Saturday, May 29, 2021
The Author’s Accomplice
Susan Bernofsky on the art of translation
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, May 28, 2021
Make Yourself Comfortable
What have we learned in quarantine from competitive reality shows?
By Ian McMurray Thursday, May 27, 2021
“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
