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 Christophe by 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
“Sonnet” by Elizabeth Bishop
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, October 20, 2020
A Pioneering Appetite
The story of America’s first culinary celebrity
By Anne Matthews Monday, October 19, 2020
The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James BeardJohn Birdsall
Gangsters in Love
Revisiting Sergio Leone’s 1984 classic, Once Upon a Time in America
By David Lehman Saturday, October 17, 2020
Do You Believe in Magic?
A global history of our oldest—and most maligned—practice
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, October 16, 2020
Verifiable Truths
The thinkers who tried to strip metaphysics from philosophy
By Gary Saul Morson Thursday, October 15, 2020
The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna CircleDavid Edmonds
“Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by W. B. Yeats
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Reclaiming Beauty and Dignity
Louise Glück can be both austere and funny
By Langdon Hammer Friday, October 9, 2020
