The Writer in the Family

The fiction of E. L. Doctorow gave a young man hope of connecting his father and his literary hero

Birthday Boy

“The Horses” by Ted Hughes

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amy Wetsch

Life, magnified

The Weight of a Stone

Searching for stability in an erratic world led Oliver Sacks and other writers to the realms of geology

New Year, Old Year

“The Horses” by Edwin Muir

Poems read aloud, beautifully

The Snow Maiden

Our final episode of 2018 is a send-off to the solstice

Ho Ho Horror

Why not make this Christmas a little darker?

A Story for Christmas

“I Want to Write” by Margaret Walker

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Starving

The feelings of yearning and loss, when faced with an empty nest, can manifest in striking ways

From Cantares Mexicanos

Miles to Go

“Someone” by Dennis O’Driscoll

Poems read aloud, beautifully

The Quest for Cather

When subjects play hard to get

Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather by Benjamin Taylorby Benjamin Taylor

Valentine’s Day

“Poem about My Rights” by June Jordan

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Fawn Rogers

“Create or die”

Rip Tide

Trouble at a Spanish beach

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