“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
Ho Ho Horror
Why not make this Christmas a little darker?
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 27, 2024
The Diagnostician of Despair
Why Rousseau believed that Enlightenment values would lead us to ruin
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, December 19, 2024
“My Possessions” by Charles Simic
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 19, 2024
“The Sick Wife” by Jane Kenyon
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 12, 2024
The Very Elder Statesman
Konrad Adenauer transformed West Germany, doing his best work as an octogenarian
By Mark N. Grant Friday, March 8, 2024
Tales From an Attic
Suitcases once belonging to residents of a New York State mental hospital tell the stories of long-forgotten lives
By Sierra Bellows Monday, March 4, 2024
Ollie Ollie Oxen Free
Shades of grief in the verse of Catherine Barnett