“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
William Holden, Model Prisoner
How the actor defined the ideal, postwar man
By David Lehman Tuesday, January 14, 2020
“I Knew a Woman” by Theodore Roethke
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Why Book Reviewing Isn’t Going Anywhere
A researcher explores the future of a changing practice
By Scott Nover Tuesday, January 14, 2020
The View From the End of the World
Wildfires, volcanoes, and the story of a mythical tree
By Walter Nicklin Friday, January 10, 2020
Beethoven and James Bond
Recalling the past, surveying the future
By Sudip Bose Thursday, January 9, 2020
“Invictus” by William Ernest Henley
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Preserving the Wild
What’s next for America’s largest national forest?
By James Conaway Thursday, January 2, 2020
“The Listeners” by Walter de La Mare
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 31, 2019
