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
Allergen Alert
When the back-to-school shopping list includes an EpiPen
By Sandra Beasley Monday, September 11, 2023
Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in Changing World by Theresa MacPhail
This Is Not the Zombie Apocalypse
Is a new form of methamphetamine really to blame for a host of urban problems?
By Jessica Gregg Friday, September 8, 2023
Shostakovich in South Dakota
A manifesto for the future of American classical music
By Joseph Horowitz Thursday, September 7, 2023
Queen of the Castle
Looking for Mama Lou, the legendary singer whose work helped inspire American ragtime
By Eric McHenry Wednesday, September 6, 2023
“How to Remember Heat” by Michelle Murphy
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, September 5, 2023
The Grinberg Affair
One of Mexico’s most curious missing-persons cases involves a scientist who dabbled in the mystical arts
By Ilan Stavans Tuesday, September 5, 2023
A Quicksilver Maker
The worldly verse of Lorna Goodison
By Langdon Hammer Tuesday, September 5, 2023
The Interdisciplinarian 
Evelyn Fox Keller has spent a lifetime in different scientific fields, while managing to shatter a glass ceiling or two
By Sandra M. Gilbert Tuesday, September 5, 2023
