“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
Make Social Media Great Again
… Or at least tolerable
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Of Poets and a President
Was Walt Whitman right when he said that America’s “common referee” is not its presidents but its poets?
By James McWilliams Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Unimposing Little Gems
Russell Baker was a columnist’s columnist
By Ernest B. Furgurson Monday, January 28, 2019
“Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Friday, January 25, 2019
