Thriving and Striving
Introducing our newest Daily Scholar columnist
By Laura Bernstein-Machlay Friday, July 28, 2017
A Kind of Homecoming
Transcending the “other” in art
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Holiday Season
Coming to terms with a month of nothing
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, July 19, 2017
The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women
Read an excerpt from Elizabeth Norton’s new give-it-to-me-straight history of 16th-century English gals
By Charlotte Salley Tuesday, July 18, 2017
The Root Cause
Padraic X. Scanlan tells the real history of the Irish Potato Famine
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 14, 2025
“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?
By Sally J. Scholz Monday, March 3, 2025
