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
The Weight of a Stone
Searching for stability in an erratic world led Oliver Sacks and other writers to the realms of geology
By Megan Craig Thursday, January 2, 2025
Jacques Barzun—and Others
The eminent scholar was among the last representatives of a grand literary tradition
By Michael Dirda Friday, November 2, 2012
Blood Lines
The who, what, when, where, and how of a fluid tissue
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Writing Addiction
The therapy of putting pen to paper
By Paula Marantz Cohen Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Oberlin
Nostalgia and longing for the middle of nowhere and the flowering of culture one finds there
By Michael Dirda Friday, October 26, 2012
Geology My Way
Morton Gneiss is a Minnesota rock, not a rock star
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Critical But Kind
The importance of civility in reviewing
By Paula Marantz Cohen Tuesday, October 23, 2012
