Ardent Spirit, Generous Friend
Remembering the novelist Reynolds Price
By David Guy Friday, June 3, 2011
The Inside Track
How those dim-witted robber barons built the railroads
By Mark Hertsgaard Friday, June 3, 2011
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America By Richard White
Full Bloom
A critic offers his final thoughts
By Michael Dirda Friday, June 3, 2011
The Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life By Harold Bloom
Flacking for Big Pharma
Drugmakers don’t just compromise doctors; they also undermine top medical journals and skew medical research
By Harriet A. Washington Friday, June 3, 2011
Frozen Assets
A gritty tale of a grim landscape
By Hampton Sides Friday, June 3, 2011
The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle By Sara Wheeler
Making Sparks Fly
How occupational education can lead to a love of learning for its own sake
By Mike Rose Friday, June 3, 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
By Jonathan Liebson Wednesday, January 8, 2025
