Four Poems
“The Analytic Hour,” “How to Mourn the Dead,” “Elegy for India’s Daughter,” and “When you are old, father”
By Nausheen Eusuf Monday, December 4, 2017
Against Wind and Tide
On the Asturian coast of Spain, cold days and a warm greeting
By Clellan Coe Monday, December 4, 2017
Remembrance of Things Present
The future meets the past
By Dennis Covington Friday, December 1, 2017
Honorable Mention
When America aspired to be first in the arts as well as war
By Sudip Bose Thursday, November 30, 2017
Watch the Throne
The royal engagement offers new hope
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, November 29, 2017
A Palate for the Finer Things
Pondering a father’s thirst for respectability
By Paul Lukacs Wednesday, November 29, 2017
The Wine Lover’s Daughter: A Memoir by Anne Fadiman
“After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes” by Emily Dickinson
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 11, 2025
“Writing in the Dark” by Denise Levertov
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Tiger Mom
At a forest preserve in India, a writer sees the world anew and learns how to focus her son’s restless mind
By Elizabeth Kadetsky Monday, March 3, 2025
Learning to Be Social
What might Rousseau teach us about how to live with others?