“The Color Blue” by Boris Pasternak
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Realizing My Grandfather’s Sailing Dreams
When Covid hit, we already had the boat, so we only had to throw the lines
By Jessica Wilde Saturday, April 16, 2022
Portrait as Performance
Meet the Tudor characters that populated Hans Holbein’s world
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, April 15, 2022
What I Don’t Know
At the heart of my family tree are only questions and mysteries
By Lynne Sharon Schwartz Thursday, April 14, 2022
“The Love I Gave You Once” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Arctic Fantasies
The region has long been an object of dreams, desire, and misunderstanding
By Neil Shea Monday, April 11, 2022
Extreme North: A Cultural History by Bernd Brunne
“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
