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
Divided Providence
Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War
By Robert Wilson Thursday, January 23, 2025
Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Union by Richard Carwardine
“The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Keepers of the Old Ways
Eliot Stein on the people keeping cultural traditions alive
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 17, 2025
Hearts With One Purpose
A revealing group portrait of Ireland’s motley crew of rebels
By George O’Brien Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890–1923 By R. F. Foster
A Terrible Loss
Lincoln’s assassination 150 years ago turned plans for postwar reconciliation to a frenzy of violence
By Jonathan W. White Wednesday, March 4, 2015
A Taste for Higher Math
The numbers that count
By Natalie Angier Wednesday, March 4, 2015
How to Bake π: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics By Eugenia Cheng
Kill the Creature
In search of snakes—and the balm of charity and love in a world of infinitely lonely space
By Christian Wiman Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Great Escape
On Normandy’s coast a century ago, Claude Debussy fled the war and composed his final piano masterpiece
By Sudip Bose Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Two Dutch Visionaries
How the optical revolution revealed worlds large and small
By Graeme Wood Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Eye of the Beholder: Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing By Laura J. Snyder
“You Cannot Refine It”
From victory to annihilation, the evolving nature of combat
By John Nagl Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Sherman’s Ghosts: Soldiers, Civilians, and the American Way of War By Matthew Carr
