“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
“The Hard Question” by W. H. Auden
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 10, 2020
How to Think About the Coronavirus
Whether we will collectively move away from fears that make us subservient and move, or inch, toward a more interconnectedly humane world—this, as far as I can tell, remains up to us
By Philip Alcabes Tuesday, March 10, 2020
All Your Friends Are Listening to This Podcast
How we can combine peer pressure and public policy to make the world a better place
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 6, 2020
Dispatches From the Operating Room
An excerpt from The Invention of Surgery
By Katie Daniels Tuesday, March 3, 2020
The Invention of Surgeryby David Schneider
“Diving into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich
A knife, a camera, a book of myths
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 3, 2020
