“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
Reading the Trail Trees
Alexander Nemerov on his efforts to resurrect the spirits of our lost woods
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 10, 2023
“My Grandmother’s Love Letters” by Hart Crane
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Chaucer’s Leading Lady
Marion Turner on our enduring fascination with the Wife of Bath
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 3, 2023
The Goddess Complex
A set of revered stone deities was stolen from a temple in northwestern India; their story can tell us much about our current reckoning with antiquities trafficking
By Elizabeth Kadetsky Thursday, March 2, 2023
Milking the G.O.A.T.
Why are we so obsessed with anointing the very best?
By Eric Wills Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Mortal Music
Franz Schubert, silence, and the final reckoning
By Ian Bostridge Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Drunk on Dub
The new Caribbean sounds of Ishion Hutchinson
By Langdon Hammer Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Night Visitors
The power of music at a New York City soup kitchen
By Vivien Schweitzer Wednesday, March 1, 2023
