Strokes of Genius

Jing Tsu on how the Chinese language survived the modern world

The Long Room

“A Litany of Survival” by Audre Lorde

Poems read aloud, beautifully

On Hugging

What we lose when we can’t get close to the ones we love

A stylized pink-and-white cat toy waves hello

Aww, Phiwosophy!

When cute gets academic

A Matter of Emphasis

Not and its many permutations

What Do You Think

A Death in Karachi

“Winter Scene” by A. R. Ammons

Poems read aloud, beautifully

If You Build It, Will They Still Come?

Scaling the border wall

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

“The Horses” by Ted Hughes

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amy Wetsch

Life, magnified

New Year, Old Year

“The Horses” by Edwin Muir

Poems read aloud, beautifully

The Snow Maiden

Our final episode of 2018 is a send-off to the solstice

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