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
The Brahmin and His Imaginary Friend
How a classic paean to the honest virtues of a Maine fisherman obscured several ugly truths
By Janna Malamud Smith Friday, January 24, 2025
The Portrait Master
Known for rendering others, a writer turns his attention inward
By Stephen Goodwin Monday, December 3, 2018
The Patchby John McPhee
This Side of Paradise
Aging has its rewards until it doesn’t. I am ready to contemplate the end but not, yet, to give in to it
By Paula Marantz Cohen Monday, December 3, 2018
Made for You and Me
This land has contained our best and worst impulses
By Edward Hoagland Monday, December 3, 2018
