“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 14, 2025
“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
Putin’s Gambit
What if Russia’s motives in Ukraine are even more insidious than we think?
By David Stromberg Wednesday, March 9, 2022
“The Rumination of Rivers” by William Bronk
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 8, 2022
The Plot to Kill de Gaulle
Fred Zinnemann’s “clock management” in The Day of the Jackal
By David Lehman Saturday, March 5, 2022
Normalized Abortion
Tamara Dean on the surprising parallels between 19th- and 21st-century reproductive health
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 4, 2022
2022: A Space Emergency
Without international agreements, we are making the heavens dangerously crowded and potentially lethal