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
Letter From Mumbai: Intolerance
An open letter to India’s Prime Minister from a persecuted writer
By Murzban F. Shroff Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Four Poems
Adventures of the Double-Headed Girl, The Girl with Antlers, Thou Shalt Not, Monogamy
By Ansel Elkins Monday, September 8, 2014
Sound and Fury
The flawed, tragic hero whose music defined an age
By Matthew Guerrieri Monday, September 8, 2014
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph By Jan Swafford
Instant Gratification
As the economy gets ever better at satisfying our immediate, self-serving needs, who is minding the future?
By Paul Roberts Monday, September 8, 2014
The Big Uneasy
A city’s seamy side
By Wayne Curtis Monday, September 8, 2014
Empire of Sin By Gary Krist
Solar Complexus
We may be alone after all
By Owen Gingerich Monday, September 8, 2014
The Copernicus Complex By Caleb Scharf
