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
“The Horses” by Edwin Muir
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 31, 2024
The Snow Maiden
Our final episode of 2018 is a send-off to the solstice
By Stephanie Bastek Monday, December 30, 2024
Ho Ho Horror
Why not make this Christmas a little darker?
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, December 27, 2024
Reducing Science and Religion
The world remains infinitely more complex than contemporary attempts to account for it
By Ingrid Rowland Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self By Marilynne Robinson
Maker of Magazines
Henry Luce had a restless mind and a preternatural feel for the national pulse
By Stanley Cloud Tuesday, June 1, 2010
The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century By Alan Brinkley
Growing Up in a Troubled Neighborhood
Kai Bird’s Middle East Memories and Meditations
By James Gibney Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis By Kai Bird
Afghanistan: ‘So This Is Paktya’
How ready are our allies to secure their own country?
By Neil Shea Tuesday, June 1, 2010
An Assassin’s Tale
In the footsteps of the murderer of Martin Luther King Jr.
By Sridhar Pappu Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Hellhound On His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin By Hampton Sides
Do Head Meds Make Us Sicker?
The argument that says they do has problems of its own
By Gary Greenberg Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America By Robert Whitaker
