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
Give Us Something to Look At
Why ornament matters in architecture
By Witold Rybczynski Thursday, December 21, 2023
“The Mist on the Mountain” by Loren Eiseley
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Heavy Mettle
A story of oppression and resilience
By Teri Ellen Cross Davis Monday, December 18, 2023
To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soulby Tracy K. Smith
A State of Perpetual Unease
Sartre’s essay on French anti-Semitism cast the problem in existential terms
By Robert Zaretsky Friday, December 15, 2023
Shooting a Dog
During a deployment in Iraq, a young soldier confronts a fundamental paradox about the masculine temperament in wartime
By Hugh Martin Thursday, December 14, 2023
“The Coming of Light” by Mark Strand
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 12, 2023
