“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
Mumbai: A Nation Betrayed, A People Forsaken
An existential crisis
By Murzban F. Shroff Monday, September 13, 2021
Taking the Long View
Remembering the terror of a pleasant, late-summer morning
By Jonathan Liebson Saturday, September 11, 2021
Drawing in Young Readers
The alchemy of children’s illustration
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 10, 2021
On Our Knees
What the history of a gesture can tell us about Black creative power
By Farah Peterson Tuesday, September 7, 2021
“The Day Is Done” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Wildfires Revisited
The Caldor and Dixie blazes are something new
By Jeff Wheelwright Saturday, September 4, 2021
Outsider Physics
A different perspective on the universe
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 3, 2021
