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
Ho Ho Horror
Why not make this Christmas a little darker?
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 27, 2024
“The Diameter of the Bomb” by Yehuda Amichai
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, May 9, 2023
The Pacifist and the Battlefield
Chad Williams on W. E. B Du Bois’s reckoning with World War I and Black liberation
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, May 5, 2023
Look Back in Wonder
A father searches for the secret to empathy in the face of unthinkable loss
By David McGlynn Thursday, May 4, 2023
“Take Only What Is Most Important” by Serhiy Zhadan
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Death in Drohobych
A new biography of a Polish literary master
By Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough Monday, May 1, 2023
Bruno Schulz: An Artist, a Murder, and the Hijacking of Historyby Benjamin Balint
A Home in Chinatown
Ava Chin on tracing five generations of Chinese-American history
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, April 28, 2023
Under Covers
“This is the story Lulu told me when I was little, since before my mom died. There’s a man. He’s very sick. … When girls misbehave, when they don’t do as they’re told, that man comes and takes them.”
By Alejandro Puyana Thursday, April 27, 2023
