His Hour Upon the Stage
As a lifelong reader of Shakespeare’s plays, Lincoln had reservations about how they were presented
By Douglas L. Wilson Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Fields Apart
Physics, past and future
By Sam Kean Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The Infinity PuzzleBy Frank Close / Physics on the Fringe By Margaret Wertheim
St. Augustine and the Hall of Memory
Like the philosopher, my aunt kept house in her imagination, tending to the sensations and images of the past
By Greta Austin Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Sex and the Single Woman
Rediscovering the novels of Iris Owens
By Lisa Zeidner Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Reversal of Fortune
Sorting out contradictions in the work of Louis Sullivan, father of the skyscraper and innovator of beautiful ornament
By James Trilling Wednesday, November 30, 2011
“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