Kinship and Contradictions
Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz on the complexities of Native American identity
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 13, 2024
Verde
Learning a foreign language isn’t just about improving cognitive function—it can teach us to sense the world anew
By Jesse Lee Kercheval Thursday, December 12, 2024
“Full Moon Rhyme” by Judith Wright
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Aging Out
Many of us do not go gentle into that good night
By Anne Matthews Thursday, December 5, 2024
Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age by James Chappel
“To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Nothing” by William Butler Yeats
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Under a Spell Everlasting
Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, published a century ago, tells of a world unable to free itself from the cataclysm of war
By Samantha Rose Hill Monday, December 2, 2024
Homage to the Uncanny
Dead of Night (1945), a masterpiece of horror
By David Lehman Thursday, February 29, 2024
“I Want to Write” by Margaret Walker
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Starving
The feelings of yearning and loss, when faced with an empty nest, can manifest in striking ways
By Laura Bernstein-Machlay Friday, February 23, 2024
“Someone” by Dennis O’Driscoll
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 20, 2024
The Quest for Cather
When subjects play hard to get
By Anne Matthews Thursday, February 15, 2024
Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather by Benjamin Taylorby Benjamin Taylor
“Poem about My Rights” by June Jordan
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 13, 2024
