Four Poems 
“On Vacation,” “Stonehenge Sandwich,” “Creazzo Alto,” and “Orvieto Classico”
By Henry Sloss Tuesday, September 4, 2018
The End of Literature
Even if writing is reduced to tweeted epigrams to keep readers reading, won’t writers still tell stories?
By Robert Coover Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Visual Music
Is it possible to “hear” a painting as if it were a fugue by Bach?
By Lincoln Perry Tuesday, September 4, 2018
News or Not?
When native advertising blends in too well
By Marcus A. Banks Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Fit the Description
A famous photojournalist crashes a lunch date; hijinks ensue
By Jack Pendarvis Tuesday, September 4, 2018
A Proximity to Greatness
How a reclusive writer’s work came to be published
By Jerome Charyn Tuesday, September 4, 2018
After Emily: Two Remarkable Women, and the Legacy of America’s Greatest Poet by Julie Dobrow
Bringing In the Horse
Virgil’s account of the sacking of Troy has similarities to the political situation of our day
By Mary Lefkowitz Tuesday, September 4, 2018
When the Well Runs Dry
Searching for clean water in California
By Noelani Kirschner Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Stress Test for Free Speech
Social media are destroying the democratic culture that the First Amendment is meant to protect
By Lincoln Caplan Tuesday, September 4, 2018
A Stinging Decline
Four questions about the future of bees
By Thor Hanson Tuesday, September 4, 2018
The Loyal Opposition
A timely new biography of an avatar of courage and bipartisanship
By Richard Moe Tuesday, September 4, 2018
The Improbable Wendell Willkieby David Levering Lewis
A Poet in Purgatory
An inside look at a literary marriage that ended in disaster
By Sandra M. Gilbert Tuesday, September 4, 2018
The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 2: 1956–1963edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil
Neighborhood Watch
Using Big Data to get out of the bubble
By Elyse Graham Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Finding Time
Geochronologists establish precise dates for events that occurred eons ago
By Michael W. Robbins Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Citizenship Prep
Expanding refugee access to online resources
By Clara Cushing Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Dangerous Ground
When confronting matters of race, some boundaries are more easily breached than others
By David Gessner Tuesday, September 4, 2018
