“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
A Prophecy Unfulfilled?
What a new book and six companion videos have to say about the fate of Black classical music in America
By Mark N. Grant Saturday, April 2, 2022
No Place Is Perfect
Adrian Shirk on the search for American utopia
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, April 1, 2022
Inside the Burns Unit
How Scotland’s national poet brought solace at a time of pain and isolation
By Thomas Fox Averill Thursday, March 31, 2022
“Soldiers Aim at Us” by Ilya Kaminsky
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Footnotes to Jefferson’s Idea of Happiness
We are free to pursue it, but what does it mean?
By Max Byrd Saturday, March 26, 2022
The Promised Land of the Pampas
Javier Sinay on the forgotten history of the first Jewish immigrants in Argentina
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 25, 2022
