“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
“The Horses” by Edwin Muir
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Spy Games and Secrets
Matthew Quirk opens the dossier on thriller writing
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, May 15, 2020
Jordan Rules
The over-the-top, yet welcome, indulgence that is The Last Dance
By Eric Wills Thursday, May 14, 2020
Love in the Time of Camus
What the French writer can teach us about surviving a pandemic
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, May 14, 2020
Six Westerns that Set Their Sights Beyond the Horizon
Going past gunslingers
By Gwyneth Kelly Tuesday, May 12, 2020
“If You Forget Me” by Pablo Neruda
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, May 12, 2020
We Must All Become Yogis
An ancient Hindu text offers advice on how to remain sane in uncertain times
By Jennifer Sinor Monday, May 11, 2020
Farm to Fable
How a now-forgotten writer changed American agriculture
By Tim Carman Monday, May 11, 2020
The Planter of Modern Life: Louis Bromfield and the Seeds of a Food Revolutionby Stephen Heyman
