“The Frog Prince” by Stevie Smith

Poems read aloud, beautifully

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

A Familiar Public Place

Jane Austen’s Ivory Cage

What lies beneath the surface of the grand estates and courtly balls

Cinnabar

In praise of the One O’Clock Fox

In Praise of Ditches

Things both wondrous and necessary

Recovery

You look like a different person

The Jazz of Physics

Read an excerpt from Stephon Alexander’s book about the music of the universe

Walt Whitman’s Manly Diet

Friday Morning Pop Quiz

(There will be no extra credit)

● NEWSLETTER

Please enter a valid email address
That address is already in use
The security code entered was incorrect
Thanks for signing up