“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
The Sound of Science
David George Haskell on the sense biology neglects most
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 11, 2022
Kerouac at 100
He led readers to bohemian rhapsodies, then Buddhism
By Randy Rosenthal Thursday, March 10, 2022
Putin’s Gambit
What if Russia’s motives in Ukraine are even more insidious than we think?
By David Stromberg Wednesday, March 9, 2022
“The Rumination of Rivers” by William Bronk
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Found in Translation
An Iranian emigrant finds solace in Western literature
By Steven G. Kellman Monday, March 7, 2022
Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Timesby Azar Nafisi
The Plot to Kill de Gaulle
Fred Zinnemann’s “clock management” in The Day of the Jackal
By David Lehman Saturday, March 5, 2022
Normalized Abortion
Tamara Dean on the surprising parallels between 19th- and 21st-century reproductive health
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 4, 2022
