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
“She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep” by Robert Graves
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, June 21, 2022
The Joyce of Cooking
Flicka Small on how food is everything in the world of Ulysses
By Stephanie Bastek Thursday, June 16, 2022
The Believer
When nobody would touch Joyce’s manuscript, Sylvia Beach stepped in
By Keri Walsh Wednesday, June 15, 2022
“In Memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr.” by June Jordan
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, June 14, 2022
What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Sloane Crosley on her new novel
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, June 10, 2022
“Birth of the Foal” by Ferenc Juhasz
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, June 7, 2022
