Say What?
How we talk American
By Barbara Wallraff Thursday, March 1, 2012
Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume V Chief Editor Joan Houston Hall
Reading Fast and Slow
The speed at which our eyes travel across the printed page has serious (and surprising) implications for the way we make sense of words
By Jessica Love Thursday, March 1, 2012
Obsession
The playwright who never got over Marilyn Monroe
By Jeffrey Meyers Thursday, March 1, 2012
Arthur Miller: 1962–2005 By Christopher Bigsby
End Times
The Bible’s failed prophecy
By Sarah Ruden Thursday, March 1, 2012
Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation By Elaine Pagels
The Wine of Life
How as a young soldier in the Trentino, I passed my evenings in a lovely bookshop in a town near camp
By Mario Rigoni Stern Thursday, March 1, 2012
The Tower and the Glory
The venues built for the London Olympics may be controversial, but do they make an artistic statement? And what will their legacy be?
By N. S. Thompson Thursday, March 1, 2012
Kalawar
Who really killed Abdur, an Afghan goatherd-turned-informant?
By Nathaniel Rich Thursday, March 1, 2012
“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
