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 Christophe by 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
Ho Ho Horror
Why not make this Christmas a little darker?
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 27, 2024
“When You Are Old” by W. B. Yeats
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Poet of the Extreme
A noted novelist considers the life of an American master
By Steven G. Kellman Monday, October 18, 2021
Burning Boy: The Life and Work of Stephen Craneby Paul Auster
What Squid Game Is Really About
How decades of Korean trauma have spawned a pop culture phenomenon
By Jean Kim Saturday, October 16, 2021
Haunting the Homeland
Germany has all but forgotten the frenzy of witch trials and wonder doctors of the postwar period—but why?
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, October 15, 2021
Two Poets and a Word
The whole of creation, in just three letters
By Max Byrd Thursday, October 14, 2021
“On Living” by Nâzim Hikmet
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, October 12, 2021
My Guidebook to Japan
Lessons from Thoreau learned in a distant land
By Pico Iyer Saturday, October 9, 2021
A Literary Love Letter to Egypt
The story of Cairo’s first modern bookstore
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, October 8, 2021
