The Epic Viking Saga of the Everyday

Eleanor Barraclough on the ordinary people of Norse history

Burned

“The White Heart of God” by Jack Gilbert

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Paige Ledom

Out of the ordinary

Cudillero

“The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska

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

A Walk on the Beach

There’s nothing better for cleansing the soul

Beauty Is Truth

The music of Gottfried von Einem

Let There Be Light

Europe in the record-breaking darkness of winter

1968 a Half Century Later

A Year (Until Now?) Like No Other

Hamlet’s Ghostly Presence

Ryan Molenkamp

Modern Vesuvius

May Their Burdens Be Lifted

Notes from El Salvador’s civil war

The Future

An excerpt from Nick Montfort’s exploration of how to create what lies ahead

The Cult of Johanna Martzy

Forgotten at her death, yet treasured for her recordings

Willfully Unaware

An existentialist on the mysteries of sexual desire

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