The Roth Years
Remembering a novelist of intellect and wit
By Steven L. Isenberg Tuesday, May 29, 2018
The Man Who Loved Proust
Reynaldo Hahn and the sounds of the beautiful age
By Sudip Bose Thursday, May 24, 2018
Workers of France, Unite!
The personal misery of public strikes
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Lilacs for Lincoln (and Kennedy and King)
Roger Sessions, part II
By Sudip Bose Thursday, May 17, 2018
The Epic Viking Saga of the Everyday
Eleanor Barraclough on the ordinary people of Norse history
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 31, 2025
“The White Heart of God” by Jack Gilbert
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 28, 2025
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
