The Music of the Ancients
Christopher King on his quest to uncover the mysteries of Europe’s most enduring folk songs
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 9, 2022
Why We Are Failing to Make the Grade
Covid-19 has contributed to a crisis in America’s classrooms, but the problems predate the pandemic and are likely to outlast it
By Amanda Parrish Morgan Thursday, September 8, 2022
“To Father” by Nini Lungalang
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Of Dharma and Doom
A fresh translation revives the ending of an ancient Indian epic
By Sunil Iyengar Monday, September 5, 2022
After the War: The Last Books of the Mahabharata Wendy Doniger
More Than a Mere Tastemaker
Catherine Wilson brings self-help back to its ancient roots
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 2, 2022
The Root Problem
Harvesting wild ginseng has sustained Appalachian communities for generations—so what will happen when there are no more plants to be found?
By Matthew Denton-Edmundson Thursday, September 1, 2022
Ways of Being
Intimations of living and dying in the lines of Forrest Gander
By Langdon Hammer Thursday, September 1, 2022
Power of the Peoples
American history was shaped as much by Native Americans as by their colonizers
By Andrew Graybill Thursday, September 1, 2022
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America by Pekka Hämäläinen
“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
“The Horses” by Edwin Muir
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 31, 2024
The Snow Maiden
Our final episode of 2018 is a send-off to the solstice
By Stephanie Bastek Monday, December 30, 2024
