“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
“Advice to a Girl” by Sara Teasdale
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 28, 2020
A Million Kindnesses
Honoring Jim Lehrer, beloved newsman and friend
By Robert Wilson Friday, January 24, 2020
The Composer as Dissident
Karl Amadeus Hartmann and the act of bearing witness
By Sudip Bose Friday, January 24, 2020
“miss rosie” by Lucille Clifton
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Revolutionary Chaos
The first-ever English translation of a 20th-century Russian masterpiece
By Gary Saul Morson Friday, January 17, 2020
