10 of the Most Influential Literary Characters of All Time
By James Plath Thursday, November 21, 2019
“Nirvana” by Charles Bukowski
“A poem of this caliber needs a revitalization”
By Amanda Holmes Friday, November 15, 2019
“Dungeon” by Rabindranath Tagore
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Friday, November 8, 2019
A Good Yarn
Once upon a time, a woman adopted a 676-pound bale of wool and got an inside look at a disappearing industry
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, November 8, 2019
Too Long Ignored
An engaging look at the forces that shaped history south of the border
By Richard Moe Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Silver, Sword & Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story by Marie Arana
Divided Providence
Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War
By Robert Wilson Thursday, January 23, 2025
Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Unionby Richard Carwardine
“The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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