“I Love to See the Summer Beaming Forth” by John Clare
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Bird of America
Jack E. Davis on how we revere and revile the bald eagle
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, May 27, 2022
From Counterculture to Culture
How a teenage rebel rose to the summit of British literary life
By N. S. Thompson Monday, May 23, 2022
Life Is a Highway
Dan Albert on how car culture swallowed America
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, May 20, 2022
“The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Sir Walter Raleigh
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, May 17, 2022
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