“My Mother on an Evening in Late Summer” by Mark Strand
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 11, 2025
The Fair Fields
Only rarely did the outside world intrude on an idyllic Connecticut childhood, but in the tumultuous 1960s, that intrusion included an encounter with evil
By Rosanna Warren Thursday, February 6, 2025
“The Frog Prince” by Stevie Smith
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 4, 2025
The Epic Viking Saga of the Everyday
Eleanor Barraclough on the ordinary people of Norse history
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 31, 2025
“The White Heart of God” by Jack Gilbert
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 28, 2025
“I Am Not I” by Juan Ramón Jiménez
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Friday, April 19, 2019
A Blueprint for a Safer, Saner Society
How to reduce crime and warehousing in America’s prisons
By Lincoln Caplan Thursday, April 18, 2019
The Years With Jake
My unlikely friendship with the dean of Washington lawyers
By Bruce Falconer Friday, April 12, 2019
