Letter From Mumbai: Intolerance
An open letter to India’s Prime Minister from a persecuted writer
By Murzban F. Shroff Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Four Poems
Adventures of the Double-Headed Girl, The Girl with Antlers, Thou Shalt Not, Monogamy
By Ansel Elkins Monday, September 8, 2014
Sound and Fury
The flawed, tragic hero whose music defined an age
By Matthew Guerrieri Monday, September 8, 2014
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph By Jan Swafford
Instant Gratification
As the economy gets ever better at satisfying our immediate, self-serving needs, who is minding the future?
By Paul Roberts Monday, September 8, 2014
The Big Uneasy
A city’s seamy side
By Wayne Curtis Monday, September 8, 2014
Empire of Sin By Gary Krist
Solar Complexus
We may be alone after all
By Owen Gingerich Monday, September 8, 2014
The Copernicus Complex By Caleb Scharf
Carnival of the Animals
The Italian artist Carpaccio cast a careful, loving eye on his many nonhuman subjects
By Jan Morris Monday, September 8, 2014
Anything Goes
Prose for the people
By Rachel Hadas Monday, September 8, 2014
The Sense of Style By Steven Pinker
Why Science Is Not Enough
Only through our imagination can we know the world
By John Lukacs Monday, September 8, 2014
Our Beastly Friends
A literary walk on the wild side
By Miranda Weiss Monday, September 8, 2014
Zoologies By Alison Hawthorne Deming
Going Haywire
Delusions can occur in perfectly “normal” people
By Richard Restak Monday, September 8, 2014
Rebuilding The Mack
Is the Glasgow School of Art truly irreplaceable?
By Witold Rybczynski Monday, September 8, 2014
Frozen Hell
An expedition gone wrong
By John Vaillant Monday, September 8, 2014
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette By Hampton Sides
Frankfurt, Farewell
A family escaped the Nazis in 1939, finding refuge in America, but its hardships were far from over
By Werner Gundersheimer Monday, September 8, 2014
