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
Vibrato Wars
Elgar, served neat and unshaken, stirs up the Brits
By Sudip Bose Sunday, March 1, 2009
Founding Portraitists
By Fergus M. Bordewich Sunday, March 1, 2009
The Painter’s Chair: George Washington and the Making of American Art By Hugh Howard
Visions and Revisions
Writing On Writing Well and keeping it up-to-date for 35 years
By William Zinsser Sunday, March 1, 2009
Literary Cubs, Canceling Out Each Other’s Reticence
Letters between Federal Writers’ Project cohorts Richard Wright and Nelson Algren depict a mutual admiration rare among young novelists
By David A. Taylor Sunday, March 1, 2009
Who Was Hall?
And just what was his connection to hedgehogs?
By Jeremy Bernstein Sunday, March 1, 2009
Dawn of a Literary Friendship
In 1969 the writer Robert Phelps first wrote to the novelist James Salter. Here are the letters that forged a bond of two decades.
By John McIntyre Sunday, March 1, 2009
