The Reading Hordes

An excerpt from The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen

<em>The Library: A Fragile History</em> Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen

“Salutation to the Dawn” by Kalidasa

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Jean Alexander Frater

Supporting the Substrate

The Highest Achievement of American Film Noir

Stanwyck, MacMurray, and Robinson at their best in Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity

Batman Rides Again

“The Quarrel” by Katherine Mansfield

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Why We Need the Humanities

The word itself contains the answer

The Sorceresses’ Amanuensis

Alice Hoffman on the conclusion of the Practical Magic series

Overheating

“There’s a Moon Inside My Body” by Kabir

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

“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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