“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 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
Nature on Trial
What happens when creatures break human rules?
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 17, 2021
At the Corner of Byron and Shelley
Poetry and philhellenism at the Greek bicentennial
By A. E. Stallings Thursday, September 16, 2021
Writing in the Wings
An excerpt from A Story That Happens: On Playwriting, Childhood, & Other Traumas by Dan O’Brien
By Jayne Ross Tuesday, September 14, 2021
A Story That Happens: On Playwriting, Childhood, & Other TraumasDan O’Brien
“My Philosophy of Life” by John Ashbery
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, September 14, 2021
An Open Debate
Might Novak Djokovic, despite his loss this weekend, be the greatest tennis player of all time?
By Eric Wills Monday, September 13, 2021
Mumbai: A Nation Betrayed, A People Forsaken
An existential crisis
By Murzban F. Shroff Monday, September 13, 2021
Taking the Long View
Remembering the terror of a pleasant, late-summer morning
By Jonathan Liebson Saturday, September 11, 2021
Drawing in Young Readers
The alchemy of children’s illustration
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 10, 2021
