Thought Experimenters

Making sense of a broken world

The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times by Wolfram Eilenberger

The Late Bloomer

Reconstructing a private poet’s life

Nothing Stays Put: The Life and Poetry of Amy Clampitt by Willard Spiegelman

Naturalists Unknown

Lives marked by discovery and erasure

Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science by Catherine McNeur

Alphabet of Despair

The photographic language of Dorothea Lange conveyed order and beauty in a dusty, impoverished America

Down and Out

A woman excised from her eminent husband’s story

Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder

A Burning World

Can poetry truly supply the language to express the ineffable sensations of suffering and love?

It’s All Greek to Her

The woman who brought mythology to the masses

American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton by Victoria Houseman

The Days After

Remembering Samantha Smith, the girl who dared to dream of peace at a time when so many feared a global war

Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit

“There was the rabbit lying in the middle of the road, legs limp but twitching before its head sagged and went still.”

A Clean, Well-Ordered Place

An ode to the grocery store

Thought Experimenters

Making sense of a broken world

The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Timesby Wolfram Eilenberger

The Late Bloomer

Reconstructing a private poet’s life

Nothing Stays Put: The Life and Poetry of Amy Clampittby Willard Spiegelman

Naturalists Unknown

Lives marked by discovery and erasure

Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Scienceby Catherine McNeur

Alphabet of Despair

The photographic language of Dorothea Lange conveyed order and beauty in a dusty, impoverished America

Down and Out

A woman excised from her eminent husband’s story

Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Lifeby Anna Funder

A Burning World

Can poetry truly supply the language to express the ineffable sensations of suffering and love?

It’s All Greek to Her

The woman who brought mythology to the masses

American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton by Victoria Houseman

The Days After

Remembering Samantha Smith, the girl who dared to dream of peace at a time when so many feared a global war

Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit

“There was the rabbit lying in the middle of the road, legs limp but twitching before its head sagged and went still.”

A Clean, Well-Ordered Place

An ode to the grocery store

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