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Philip Larkin was middle aged at birth
and came into his post-imperial world
dressed in spectacles and quiet clothing. …

Gimme Shelter

How housing became the foremost symbol of inequality, and what we can do about it

Pan de Dátil

“Renascence” by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Past is Present

How violence, exploitation, and religion have ruled Latin America’s history—and might portend its future

Teeth of the Dog

“Birches” by Robert Frost

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Damien Davis

Semiotics of Culture

The Meaning of Minimalism

Going beyond its glossy lifestyle image to the existentialism at its heart

Not Happy With What We Don’t Have

Cudillero

“The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Keepers of the Old Ways

Eliot Stein on the people keeping cultural traditions alive

Above the River of Your Longing

Two new prompts

Casa Gorín

“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Birthday Boy

“The Horses” by Ted Hughes

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amy Wetsch

Life, magnified

New Year, Old Year

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