“Birth of the Foal” by Ferenc Juhasz
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Once Upon a Time in Manchester
Hopwood DePree on the quest to restore his ancestral English seat
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, June 3, 2022
Once Upon Another Fraught Time …
The power of Yiddish children’s literature
By David Stromberg Thursday, June 2, 2022
It Happened One Day in June
Why Ulysses is as vital as ever— compelling, complex, and direct
By Robert J. Seidman Wednesday, June 1, 2022
For the Joy of Joyce
Abandon the notion of high-minded seriousness and simply enter into the novel’s flow
By Amit Chaudhuri Wednesday, June 1, 2022
The Bomb Next Door
Eighty years into the atomic age, U.S. nuclear power reactors have produced several million tons of radioactive waste—and we still have no idea how to dispose of it
By Thomas A. Bass Wednesday, June 1, 2022
The Lions and the San
How could a people survive for thousands of years with so many predators in their midst?
By Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Wednesday, June 1, 2022
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
