Henry James vs. the Robber Barons
Why Italian art should stay in England, where it belongs, and not fall into the hands of foreigners
By Gorman Beauchamp Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Why Read George Eliot?
Her novels are just modern enough—and just old-fashioned enough, too
By Paula Marantz Cohen Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Trouble and Glory
How Martin Luther King became the defining figure of his era
By Richard E. Nicholls Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Strong Enough for Solitude
A religious order’s milennium of self-denial
By Charles Trueheart Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Sight Unseen
When we look and when we avert our eyes
By Margaret S. Livingstone Wednesday, March 1, 2006
“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
The Weight of a Stone
Searching for stability in an erratic world led Oliver Sacks and other writers to the realms of geology
By Megan Craig Thursday, January 2, 2025
