“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
Lives of the Ancients
Animating the Greeks and Romans
By A. E. Stallings Thursday, September 5, 2013
Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations By Mary Beard
What We Chase
A writer mourns colleagues lost in May’s killer storms but knows she’ll pursue tornadoes once again
By Jennifer Henderson Thursday, September 5, 2013
Two of a Kind
A postwar friendship
By David Brown Thursday, September 5, 2013
Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize By Sean B. Carroll
The Number One Funeral Home
The memorial service for my father, the doctor who attended to Chiang Kai-shek, was no ordinary affair
By Pauline Yu Thursday, September 5, 2013
Faster, Cheaper—Better?
A looming shakeup may harm traditional higher education
By Margaret Foster Thursday, September 5, 2013
