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
Leave Your Laptop Home
Taking notes? There’s a memory advantage to using pen and paper
By Jessica Love Thursday, May 1, 2014
Writing in Australian
Notes on some stunning Antipodean authors
By Brian Doyle Friday, April 25, 2014
Don’t Mock the Monocle (A Webcomic)
On our unspoken preferences for ordering adjectives
By Jessica Love Thursday, April 24, 2014
Hey Good Lookin’
Brain scans show that mathematicians register degrees of beauty when shown formulas
By Josie Glausiusz Wednesday, April 23, 2014
The Best of the Bard
Our favorite passages from Shakespeare’s works
By Our Editors Tuesday, April 22, 2014
