Keepers of the Old Ways
Eliot Stein on the people keeping cultural traditions alive
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 17, 2025
“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 Canonization” by John Donne
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Our Post-Privacy World
Total information awareness may make us feel safe, but will we regret living in a surveillance state?
By Thomas A. Bass Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Coronavirus in the Shadow of the Holocaust
When we look at the pandemic raging around us, do we really know what it is we’re witnessing?
By David Stromberg Saturday, August 29, 2020
Jeremy Irons Reads T. S. Eliot
The legendary actor on why poetry matters
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, August 28, 2020
