“Walking Away” by Cecil Day Lewis
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 14, 2021
How to Lose a War
Elizabeth D. Samet on the dangers of perpetual optimism
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 10, 2021
A World Weird and Wondrous
A classical music star offers a peek behind the curtain
By Wynne Delacoma Monday, December 6, 2021
The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera by Matthew Aucoin
Paleolithic Passions
Charles Foster attempts to live—and think—as humans did 40,000 years ago
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 3, 2021
If You Can’t See the Stage, Turn to the Page
With theaters shut during the pandemic, reading plays has shed surprising light on works both familiar and strange
By Wendy Smith Thursday, December 2, 2021
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 Christopheby 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
