“The Frog Prince” by Stevie Smith
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 4, 2025
The Epic Viking Saga of the Everyday
Eleanor Barraclough on the ordinary people of Norse history
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 31, 2025
“The White Heart of God” by Jack Gilbert
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 28, 2025
“The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Keepers of the Old Ways
Eliot Stein on the people keeping cultural traditions alive
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 17, 2025
The Sound of Silence
Jean Sibelius and the symphony that never was
By Sudip Bose Monday, February 29, 2016
The Remains of My Days
Fond and fading memories of a robust literary life
By Doris Grumbach Monday, February 29, 2016
Off to See the Wizard
Finding the virtues of Homer, Plato, and Jesus in Technicolor Oz
By Mark Edmundson Monday, February 29, 2016
The Fruit of the Real
On the Russian dolls nested in the poems of Maureen N. McLane
By Langdon Hammer Monday, February 29, 2016
Meditation on a Rat
Who would have thought that this unlikely creature could help make a family whole again?
By Lucy Ferriss Monday, February 29, 2016
Under the Lid
Amid the the terrors of Pinochet’s Chile, a scornful witch exacts her haunting revenge
By Idra Novey Monday, February 29, 2016
Three Poems
Mz N Nothing, Mz N Enough, Mz N Goodbye Hello, Mz N Considers the Years and Centuries