The Sondheim Way
Ambition, freedom, and the importance of innovation
By Wendy Smith Tuesday, November 30, 2021
“Farewell” by Agha Shahid Ali
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, November 30, 2021
The Capital of Self-Reliance
How a backwater became a philosophical powerhouse
By Anne Matthews Monday, November 29, 2021
The Transcendentalists and Their World by Robert A. Gross
Spinning a Good Yarn
Once upon a time, Clara Parkes adopted a 676-pound bale of wool and got an inside look at a disappearing industry
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, November 26, 2021
The Bird That Sang I Am
Poems about the place where we belong
By Christian Wiman Thursday, November 25, 2021
“Failing and Flying” by Jack Gilbert
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Touché-ing the Void
How can we live only to die?
By John Kaag Monday, November 22, 2021
The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning by Paul Bloom
Mad Dogs and Transcendentalists
How the individualism of Emerson and Thoreau differs from today’s libertarianism
By Robert A. Gross Saturday, November 20, 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
