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
“Salutation to the Dawn” by Kalidasa
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Lost in the Garden
One essayist’s thorny tribute to another
By Anne Matthews Monday, November 8, 2021
Dark White
The caste status of Arabs in the United States and Germany
By Rosalie Metro Thursday, November 4, 2021
“The Quarrel” by Katherine Mansfield
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Remaking a Killing
How a brutal double homicide in 19th-century France enflamed the imagination of a great Russian novelist
By David Stromberg Monday, November 1, 2021
<em>The Sinner and the Saint: Dostoevsky and the Gentleman Murderer Who Inspired a Masterpiece</em> by Kevin Birmingham
Why We Need the Humanities
The word itself contains the answer
By James A. W. Heffernan Saturday, October 30, 2021
The Sorceresses’ Amanuensis
Alice Hoffman on the conclusion of the Practical Magic series
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, October 29, 2021
