Some Perspective, Please
Why is the age-old technique of representing three dimensions so maligned today?
By Lincoln Perry Monday, March 6, 2017
The Ultimate Pawn Sacrifice
My brother’s life mirrored that of Bobby Fischer, the deeply troubled chess master
By Jay Neugeboren Monday, March 6, 2017
Fast Food’s Urban Invasion
How McDonald’s came to the inner city
By Naa Oyo A. Kwate Monday, March 6, 2017
Travels in Literary Time
A writer’s excursions beyond mere archives
By Jay Parini Monday, March 6, 2017
This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer Richard Holmes
Unlikely Encounters
Between fact and fiction, poetry and motion, and Milton Friedman and China’s General Secretary
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, March 3, 2017
The Short, Tragic Life of Dinu Lipatti
Remembering the pianist on his centenary
By Sudip Bose Thursday, March 2, 2017
“The Frog Prince” by Stevie Smith
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 4, 2025
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
