Keepers of the Old Ways
Eliot Stein on the people keeping cultural traditions alive
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 17, 2025
“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
By Land and By Sea
Dorthe Nors brings us to the North Sea Coast
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 16, 2022
The Bully in the Ballad
Was Mississippi John Hurt really the first person to sing the tragic tale of Louis Collins?
By Eric McHenry Thursday, December 15, 2022
“I Have So Often Dreamed of You” by Robert Desnos
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Girl Troubles
Michelle Gallen talks about her new novel, Ireland in the 1990s, and finding your way in a bombed-out town
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 9, 2022
Declassified
How genre-bending tales of espionage emerged from a childhood of pain, anger, and deception
By James Gibney Thursday, December 8, 2022
A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré Edited by Tim Cornwell; Viking, 752 pp., $40
“what the mirror said” by Lucille Clifton
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The Forgotten Radical
Lydia Moland on the children’s writer who had a change of heart
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 2, 2022
The Corals and the Capitalist
The key to avoiding an ecological catastrophe might be found in the wealth of nations and the spirit of innovation
By Juli Berwald Thursday, December 1, 2022
