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
“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Island Royalty
A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary
By Madison Smartt Bell Monday, January 13, 2025
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe by Marlene L. Daut
The Writer in the Family
The fiction of E. L. Doctorow gave a young man hope of connecting his father and his literary hero
By Jonathan Liebson Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Late Summer Softball
Playing ball by the old landfill hill
By Brian Doyle Friday, September 19, 2014
Solidarity in Confusion
What we convey when we converse
By Jessica Love Thursday, September 18, 2014
Another Tobacco Toll
Cigarette butts are not so harmless
By Josie Glausiusz Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Wounded By Books
Brits of an earlier age read at their own risk
By Jessica Love Thursday, September 11, 2014
The Care and Feeding of Prince George
Newly discovered benefits found in breast milk
By Josie Glausiusz Wednesday, September 10, 2014
