“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
“Unending Love” by Rabindranath Tagore
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Know Your Earworm
Susan Rogers on figuring out why you love your favorite songs
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 23, 2022
Bad Jew
Reckoning with a heritage as painfully distant as it is impossible to lose
By Laura Bernstein-Machlay Thursday, September 22, 2022
“Give Me Back My Rags” by Vasko Popa
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Baba Yaga Comes to America
GennaRose Nethercott on folklore, fiction, and hidden family stories
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 16, 2022
The Changing of the Guard
This year’s US Open showed the world that tennis’s next generation is here
By Eric Wills Thursday, September 15, 2022
“Talking in Bed” by Philip Larkin
Poems read aloud, beautifully