Kinship and Contradictions
Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz on the complexities of Native American identity
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 13, 2024
Verde
Learning a foreign language isn’t just about improving cognitive function—it can teach us to sense the world anew
By Jesse Lee Kercheval Thursday, December 12, 2024
“Full Moon Rhyme” by Judith Wright
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Aging Out
Many of us do not go gentle into that good night
By Anne Matthews Thursday, December 5, 2024
Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age by James Chappel
“To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Nothing” by William Butler Yeats
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Under a Spell Everlasting
Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, published a century ago, tells of a world unable to free itself from the cataclysm of war
By Samantha Rose Hill Monday, December 2, 2024
“Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Friday, November 2, 2018
Of Poets and Patriarchs
The hidden paternal influence on three great Irish writers
By Sunil Iyengar Thursday, November 1, 2018
Bad Blood
Why the 17th-century vampire still haunts us today
By Stephanie Bastek Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Ein Prosit!
Sometimes wine is the best medicine
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, October 31, 2018
A Monstrous Mash-Up
Six Gothic Tales From the 18th Century to Today
By Ellen Ledoux Monday, October 29, 2018
The Future Is Feminist Book Collecting
How women are shaking up the rarefied world of antiquarian books
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, October 26, 2018
“The Sheep Child” by James Dickey
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Friday, October 26, 2018
