“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
Fatal Courage
How Emerson helped me see, as if for the first time
By John Kaag Monday, December 7, 2020
January
“I wonder if I can get the sound of a vase shattering over the phone without actually shattering a vase.”
By Olivia Clare Monday, December 7, 2020
New Orleans: Vanishing Graves
Holt Cemetery has been filled to capacity many times over; each gravesite has been used for dozens of burials
By Charlie Lee Monday, December 7, 2020
Native Wisdom
A celebration of the rich spiritual imagination of tribal peoples
By Donald Worster Monday, December 7, 2020
Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Landby N. Scott Momaday
Power to the People
Looking back on a decade of revolutionary change
By Jason Sokol Monday, December 7, 2020
The Movement: The African American Struggle for Civil Rightsby Thomas C. Holt
Redefining Women’s Work
The relief of suffering was one means to a great end
By Danielle Ofri Monday, December 7, 2020
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women—and Women to Medicineby Janice P. Nimura
Market Morality
The divine underpinnings of Western prosperity
By Michael Shermer Monday, December 7, 2020
Religion and the Rise of Capitalismby Benjamin M. Friedman
