Song for the Earth
Finding a message for today in the music of Gustav Mahler
By Joseph Horowitz Monday, March 31, 2025
The Most Famous Unknown Artist
David Sheff puts Yoko Ono in the spotlight
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 28, 2025
Transcending the Glass Ceiling
Five women who made important contributions to 19th-century American philosophy finally get their due
By Lydia Moland Thursday, March 27, 2025
Bright Circle: Five Remarkable Women in the Age of Transcendentalism by Randall Fuller
“Käthe Kollwitz” by Muriel Rukeyser
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Mr. Olympia
When the ancient Greeks looked at human muscle, they saw something different than we do
By Michael Joseph Gross Thursday, March 20, 2025
“The Yellowhammer’s Nest” by John Clare
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 18, 2025
When Ideas Mattered
How “freedom from” became “freedom to”
By Michael Sherry Tuesday, April 20, 2021
THE FREE WORLD: Art and Thought in the Cold War by Louis Menand
Jenny Freestone
Transforming the material and the natural
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, April 19, 2021
Seconds from Midnight
Busting the myth that skilled diplomacy saved the world
By Gregg Herken Friday, April 16, 2021
Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisisby Serhii Plokhy
Caracara, Caw Caw
Meet the smartest bird you’ve never heard of
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, April 16, 2021
Poetry in the Abstract
What happens when scientists write haiku?
By Christopher Cokinos Thursday, April 15, 2021
“Everyone Sang” by Siegfried Sassoon
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Swimming the River of Song
How a young scholar demystified the ancient oral tradition
By A. E. Stallings Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Hearing Homer’s Song: The Brief Life and Big Idea of Milman Parryby Robert Kanigel
Surviving the Anthropocene
Can we reverse-engineer our way out of catastrophe?
By Stephen J. Pyne Monday, April 12, 2021
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert
Four Masks and a Funeral
On the loss of freedoms in Hong Kong
By Jeffrey Wasserstrom Saturday, April 10, 2021
