“60 yard pass” by Charles Bukowski
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Friday, July 26, 2019
Seaside Sojourns
Fleeing the heat of the French capital
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Rising Again
A writer finds much that hasn’t changed in the former Confederacy
By Dennis Covington Monday, July 22, 2019
Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide by Tony Horwitz
“An Essay on Man: Epistle 1” by Alexander Pope
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Friday, July 19, 2019
The Paradox of Poetry
A podcast from a leading poetry magazine helps demystify contemporary poems
By James McWilliams Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Aida’s Story
What one woman’s life between two countries can teach us about the humanitarian crisis at the border
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 12, 2019
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
By Jonathan Liebson Wednesday, January 8, 2025
