“To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 12, 2021
The Father of Art History
The man behind the great men of the Renaissance
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 8, 2021
“A Prison Evening” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 5, 2021
The War on Christmas
A brief history of the Yuletide in America
By Charles Ludington Monday, December 28, 2020
A Solstice Send-Off
A Slavic folktale to tell around the holiday fire
By Stephanie Bastek Wednesday, December 23, 2020
“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 14, 2025
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