The Censor in the Mirror
It’s not only what the Chinese Propaganda Department does to artists, but what it makes artists do to their own work
By Ha Jin Monday, September 1, 2008
The Torture Colony
In a remote part of Chile, an evil German evangelist built a utopia whose members helped the Pinochet regime perform its foulest deeds
By Bruce Falconer Monday, September 1, 2008
Apollo and Dionysus
Henri Cole combines the formal and the sensual
By Langdon Hammer Monday, September 1, 2008
Where Does American History Begin?
Mixing geography with invention, the first explorers and mapmakers made the New World a very hard place to pin down
By Ted Widmer Monday, September 1, 2008
Something Called Terrorism
In a speech given at Harvard 22 years ago
and never before published, Leonard Bernstein
offered a warning that remains timely
By Leonard Bernstein Monday, September 1, 2008
The Most Important Election in History
Is it possible to elect a president without invoking that phrase?
By Christopher Clausen Monday, September 1, 2008
Keepers of the Old Ways
Eliot Stein on the people keeping cultural traditions alive
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 17, 2025
“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 14, 2025
“The Horses” by Edwin Muir
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 31, 2024
The Snow Maiden
Our final episode of 2018 is a send-off to the solstice
By Stephanie Bastek Monday, December 30, 2024
