“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
Twin Pandemics
A conversation about Covid-19 and racism with Philip Alcabes and Harriet Washington
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 17, 2020
Brotherly Medicine
The poet who helped bind up the nation’s wounds
By Robert Roper Thursday, July 16, 2020
The Sculptor vs. the Poet
Marble can be toppled, yet words are eternal
By A. E. Stallings Monday, July 13, 2020
America’s Black Soldiers
The long history behind the Army’s Jim Crow forts
By Elizabeth D. Samet Saturday, July 11, 2020
Preaching the Floral Gospel
How the Plant Messiah saves species from the brink of extinction
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 10, 2020
Billy Joe Wardlow, RIP
The subject of a Scholar cover story, executed in Texas
By Lincoln Caplan Thursday, July 9, 2020
An Exchange of Bullets in Belfast
Revisiting Carol Reed’s 1947 masterpiece Odd Man Out
By David Lehman Thursday, July 9, 2020
I Feel Your Pain (or Not)
Stepping into someone else’s shoes is often easier said than done
By Marcus A. Banks Wednesday, July 8, 2020
