How to Read Dante in the 21st Century

Breaking the code of “The Divine Comedy” with patient reverence

The Wonder of Wuthering Heights

An interview with Alison Case, author of the novel “Nelly Dean”

Winter Classical Music

Ten pieces to warm your ears

The Trouble at Yale

Why an intellectual space requires a safe space

How to Have an Election

First thing you do is lock the candidates in a room

The Case for Motherhood

What does it mean when you don’t want your own child?

Do Female Lives Matter?

Uncovering forgotten history through fiction

Right Does Not Make It Right

How we keep free speech from becoming hate speech

The Naples Quartet

The novels of Elena Ferrante

It’s a Wonderful (Falling Apart) Life

In the disrepair of our everyday world are suggestions of life’s burdens and consolations

The Conspiracist Cotton Mather

The zealot who oversaw the Salem Witch Trials initially voiced restraint—what changed?

Baby Shoggoth Is Listening

Why are some writers tailoring their work for AI, and what does this mean for the future of writing and reading?

What Is an American Hero, Anyway?

Lists of great artists say more about the list-maker than the artist

My First Novel

A jean jacket, a muse, and a dream

Inner Demon Hunters

Could a hit animated movie hold the key to healing generational trauma in Korea?

Days of Awe

The Romantics sought the sublime in nature, but the feeling may be experienced in humanity, too

Key Change

A life with Beethoven’s Sonata Pathétique

The Great American Travel Book

The book that helped revive a genre, leading to an all-too-brief heyday

Immaculate Innings

At the ballpark on a summer night in Baltimore

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