On the Frontlines
An excerpt from Women Warriors: An Unexpected History by Pamela D. Toler
By Katie Daniels Thursday, April 11, 2019
Women Warriors: An Unexpected History by Pamela D. Toler
The Ritual of Renewal
Forget decluttering—I need to be surrounded by my library books
By Christina Thompson Wednesday, April 10, 2019
A Life Off-track
A talented historian’s tragic end
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, April 10, 2019
A Conversation With the Novelist
The Scholar‘s online book club meets Alice McDermott
By Katie Daniels Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Not Ready to Make Nice
Meet Lillian Smith, forgotten southern radical
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, April 5, 2019
“Gus: the Theatre Cat” by T. S. Eliot
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Friday, April 5, 2019
The Brahmin and His Imaginary Friend
How a classic paean to the honest virtues of a Maine fisherman obscured several ugly truths
By Janna Malamud Smith Friday, January 24, 2025
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
