“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
Ahead of the Game
Before exercising the right to vote, women fought for the right to exercise
By Victoria J. Ross Monday, August 17, 2020
Winning the Second World War
Some reasons why the Allies made it happen
By Michael W. Robbins Saturday, August 15, 2020
All the Fish in the Sea
The story of a Senegalese fishing community on the brink
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, August 14, 2020
Coward, Take My Coward’s Hand
Looking back at Mark Robson’s Home of the Brave
By David Lehman Thursday, August 13, 2020
“Tintern Abbey” by William Wordsworth
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Meditations on Marcus
The philosopher-emperor who reigned during an age of pandemic and war
By Robert Zaretsky Saturday, August 8, 2020
This Is How an Empire Falls
The discomforting parallels between our current moment and the end of Rome
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, August 7, 2020
A Pre-Columbian Bestiary
Fantastic creatures of indigenous Latin America
By Ilan Stavans Thursday, August 6, 2020
