“My Story in a Late Style of Fire” by Larry Levis
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Philip Gove and “Our Word”
A lexicographer remembers the worst frigging part of the job
By David Skinner Friday, November 10, 2023
“I Explain a Few Things” by Pablo Neruda
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Listening Anew to an American Nomad
How the Grammys recognized Harry Partch nearly 50 years after his death
By David A. Taylor Friday, November 3, 2023
Beethoven Underground
One ensemble bids farewell, with another just getting started
By Vivien Schweitzer Thursday, November 2, 2023
Down and Out
A woman excised from her eminent husband’s story
By Steven G. Kellman Friday, October 27, 2023
Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder
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