The Patron Subjects
Who were the Wertheimers, the family that sat for a dozen of John Singer Sargent’s paintings?
By Jean Strouse Thursday, November 14, 2024
A Giant of a Man
The legacy of Willie Mays and the Birmingham ballpark where he first made his mark
By Eric Wills Thursday, October 10, 2024
Adventures With Jean
Striking up a friendship with an older writer meant accepting the risk of getting hurt
By Craig Nova Thursday, October 3, 2024
Feels Like Coming Home 
The wonders of the coastal redwood
By Danusha Laméris Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Free
The knowledge of approaching death may allow some of us to experience time in new and liberating ways
By Philip Weinstein Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Riding With Mr. Washington
How my great-grandfather invented himself at the end of Reconstruction
By David Nicholson Thursday, August 22, 2024
Bards Behind Bars
Reading Sartre aloud inside a maximum-security prison
By Tony Eprile Thursday, August 8, 2024
Just When You Thought It Wasn’t Safe …
How Wilbert Longfellow turned America into a nation of swimmers
By Vicki Valosik Monday, June 24, 2024
For Whom Do We Create?
The conundrum facing so many American artists today
By Sharon Sochil Washington Monday, June 3, 2024
The Word Made Flesh
What writers do and what boxers do is more alike than you might imagine
By Colum McCann Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Going Home, Going Away
At a 50th high school reunion, a well-known traveler recalls his pride in the hometown he was so eager to leave behind
By Paul Theroux Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Giving Absurdity Its Due
In the Panthéon, Albert Camus joins a kindred soul
By Robert Zaretsky Monday, March 1, 2010
Brush Up Your Berlin
And beware of kiss-me-I’m-poetical junk
By David Lehman Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Sesquicentennial Excess
Must we erase evidence of later commemorations at Civil War sites?
By Christopher Clausen Monday, June 1, 2009
Who Was Hall?
And just what was his connection to hedgehogs?
By Jeremy Bernstein Sunday, March 1, 2009
