Of Plagues and Prejudice
Whether cholera or Covid-19, epidemic disease can reveal what is hidden—in ourselves and our societies
By Perri Klass Saturday, August 14, 2021
Black Turtlenecks, Hoop Earrings
Unruly girl-poets in the ’50s
By Sandra M. Gilbert Thursday, August 12, 2021
“The Uninvited” by Dannie Abse
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Physics for the Feeble-Minded
A crash course on our boundlessly bizarre universe
By Jethro K. Lieberman Monday, August 9, 2021
Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution by Carlo Rovelli
Nature on the Brain
How connecting with the green world makes us healthier
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, August 6, 2021
Keepers of the Old Ways
Eliot Stein on the people keeping cultural traditions alive
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 17, 2025
“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Island Royalty
A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary
By Madison Smartt Bell Monday, January 13, 2025
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christopheby Marlene L. Daut
The Writer in the Family
The fiction of E. L. Doctorow gave a young man hope of connecting his father and his literary hero
By Jonathan Liebson Wednesday, January 8, 2025
The Weight of a Stone
Searching for stability in an erratic world led Oliver Sacks and other writers to the realms of geology
By Megan Craig Thursday, January 2, 2025
