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
Wave Your Hands and Say It Right
On the surprising relationship between gestures and memory
By Jessica Love Thursday, April 17, 2014
I Feel Weak
And my perceived lack of social power affects assessment of my physical strength
By Josie Glausiusz Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Class Therapy
How the Loman family helped my students understand their own
By Paula Marantz Cohen Tuesday, April 15, 2014
A Reader’s Guide to Ha Ha (A Webcomic)
On the many strange spellings of a very strange word
By Jessica Love Thursday, April 10, 2014
Winning Isn’t Everything
How the self-esteem movement has failed our kids
By Paula Marantz Cohen Tuesday, April 8, 2014
