“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
“Envoy” by Robert Louis Stevenson
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 26, 2023
“The Mist on the Mountain” by Loren Eiseley
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 19, 2023
A State of Perpetual Unease
Sartre’s essay on French anti-Semitism cast the problem in existential terms
By Robert Zaretsky Friday, December 15, 2023
“The Coming of Light” by Mark Strand
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Selections from Hafiz’s Little Book of Life
Poems read aloud, beautifully