“Harriet in the Promised Land” by Sam Cornish
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Polish Lessons
Four decades ago, a young American found himself in Warsaw during turbulent, extraordinary times
By Thomas Swick Monday, July 18, 2022
You, Me, and the Deep Blue Sea
Matthew Green explores Britain’s ghost towns and drowned settlements
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 15, 2022
“An Introduction” by Kamala Das
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, July 12, 2022
More Than a ‘Mere Echo’
English versions of foreign literature must stand on their own
By Lauren Elkin Monday, July 11, 2022
Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri
How the Black Creek Lost Their Citizenship
Caleb Gayle on a complicated tale of belonging
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, July 8, 2022
“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
