What makes Hemingway Hemingway?

On the psychology of artistic style

With a Bang (or a Clunk)

Researchers fire a gun in pursuit of life

Talking Television

Our favorite shows keep getting better

A Day in the Country

Imagine the absurdity of Dad on a horse …

When Tech Turns Nouns Into Smarter Nouns

How might an influx of smart gadgets change the English language?

The Day of Eco-Atonement

Air quality improves when Israelis suspend driving

An Exemplary Academic Life

You don’t have to rely on institutions to lead one

The Last Post

All Points ends its run

Baptism

A Note

Dying Is Hard to Do

Burned

“The White Heart of God” by Jack Gilbert

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Paige Ledom

Out of the ordinary

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

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