“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 Snow Maiden
Our final episode of 2018 is a send-off to the solstice
By Stephanie Bastek Monday, December 30, 2024
Channeling Emerson
At work in his timeless, smoke-scented, ghost-crammed study at the old manse
By James Marcus Monday, December 2, 2019
Nationalist Anthems
Remembering a time when composers mattered more
By Sudip Bose Monday, December 2, 2019
Dangerous Melodiesby Jonathan Rosenberg
A Transcendentalist at Work
Thoreau spent his last dozen years in this garret, making sense of what he could see from his windows
By Richard Higgins Monday, December 2, 2019
Pursuing the White Whale
A briny exploration of Melville’s greatest work
By William Howarth Monday, December 2, 2019
Ahab’s Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dickby Richard J. King
Alternate Universes
Quentin Tarantino has, over the course of his career, reimagined the art of filmmaking
By Jerome Charyn Monday, December 2, 2019
