Lunching on Olympus
My meals with W. H. Auden, E. M. Forster, Philip Larkin, and William Empson
By Steven L. Isenberg Thursday, January 28, 2010
Putting Man Before Descartes
Human knowledge is personal and participant—placing us at the center of the universe
By John Lukacs Monday, December 1, 2008
The Future of the American Frontier
Can one of our most enduring national myths, much in evidence in the recent presidential campaign, be reinvented yet again?
By John Tirman Monday, December 1, 2008
Affirmative Action and After
Now is the time to reconsider a policy that must eventually change. But simply replacing race with class isn’t the solution.
By W. Ralph Eubanks Monday, December 1, 2008
A Country for Old Men
Having reached the shores of seniority himself, the author finds a surprising contentment in the eyes of his fellow retirees
By Edward Hoagland Monday, December 1, 2008
‘HD 11964 d’ by Any Other Name
What to call the planets we find beyond our solar system?
By Christopher Cokinos Monday, December 1, 2008
Cauldron Bubble
Macbeth minus its supernatural elements could not have mattered so much to Lincoln and Dr. Johnson—and should not matter to us
By Edwin M. Yoder Jr. Monday, December 1, 2008
Collateral Damage
The Civil War only enhanced George Whitman’s soldierly satisfaction; for his brother Walt, however, the horrors halted an outpouring of great poetry
By Robert Roper Monday, December 1, 2008
My Bright Abyss
I never felt the pain of unbelief until I believed. But belief itself is hardly painless.
By Christian Wiman Monday, December 1, 2008
