“What’s My Name?”
Ken Burns’s new documentary examines the enduring power of Muhammad Ali
By Eric Wills Thursday, September 23, 2021
“The child (who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga)” by Ingrid Jonker
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Ancestral Present
The fruits of a decades-long inquiry into contemporary Indian culture
By Shirley Streshinsky Monday, September 20, 2021
<em>Deep Hanging Out: Wanderings and Wonderment in Native California </em> by Malcolm Margolin
A Desperate Escape
The events in Kabul recall terrible scenes in The Aeneid
By Sara Mansfield Taber Saturday, September 18, 2021
Nature on Trial
What happens when creatures break human rules?
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 17, 2021
At the Corner of Byron and Shelley
Poetry and philhellenism at the Greek bicentennial
By A. E. Stallings Thursday, September 16, 2021
Writing in the Wings
An excerpt from A Story That Happens: On Playwriting, Childhood, & Other Traumas by Dan O’Brien
By Jayne Ross Tuesday, September 14, 2021
A Story That Happens: On Playwriting, Childhood, & Other Traumas Dan O’Brien
“My Philosophy of Life” by John Ashbery
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Something New in the West
Kurt Beals on translating All Quiet on the Western Front
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, February 28, 2025
The Resistance Fighter as Philosopher
Remembering Vladimir Jankélévitch
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, February 27, 2025
“The Vow” by Yuliya Musakovska
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 25, 2025
In the Endless Arctic Light
A journey to the far north of Norway means confronting our changing climate
By Walter Nicklin Thursday, February 20, 2025
“Faustina, or, Rock Roses” by Elizabeth Bishop
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Family/History
David Levering Lewis digs into his own origin story