“After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes” by Emily Dickinson
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Asteroid Hunters
The scientists and engineers who defend our planet day and night from potentially hazardous space rocks
By Jessie Wilde Friday, March 7, 2025
Who Would I Be Off My Meds
Can weaning oneself off pharmaceuticals ease the cycle of perpetual suffering?
By Scott Stossel Thursday, March 6, 2025
Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance by Laura Delano
“Writing in the Dark” by Denise Levertov
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Tiger Mom
At a forest preserve in India, a writer sees the world anew and learns how to focus her son’s restless mind
By Elizabeth Kadetsky Monday, March 3, 2025
Something New in the West
Kurt Beals on translating All Quiet on the Western Front
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, February 28, 2025
The Resistance Fighter as Philosopher
Remembering Vladimir Jankélévitch
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, February 27, 2025
The Years With Jake
My unlikely friendship with the dean of Washington lawyers
By Bruce Falconer Friday, April 12, 2019
The Ritual of Renewal
Forget decluttering—I need to be surrounded by my library books
By Christina Thompson Wednesday, April 10, 2019
A Life Off-track
A talented historian’s tragic end
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, April 10, 2019
A Conversation With the Novelist
The Scholar‘s online book club meets Alice McDermott
By Katie Daniels Tuesday, April 9, 2019
