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
Grand Horse Opera
The best Westerns celebrate our history and criticize the ugly stereotypes of the genre
By Richard Locke Sunday, June 1, 2008
Confluences of Sound and Sense
Kay Ryan’s idiosyncratic approach to the commonplace
By Langdon Hammer Sunday, June 1, 2008
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education
Our best universities have forgotten that the reason they exist is to make minds, not careers
By William Deresiewicz Sunday, June 1, 2008
The End of the Black American Narrative
A new century calls for new stories grounded in the present, leaving behind the painful history of slavery and its consequences
By Charles Johnson Sunday, June 1, 2008
Over There
A pugnacious public intellectual looks to Europe for his ideal
By Jean Bethke Elshtain Sunday, June 1, 2008
Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century By Tony Judt
Intimacy
Revisiting the gritty Roman neighborhood of his youth, a writer discovers a world of his own invention
By André Aciman Sunday, June 1, 2008
Pullovers
Knitting a new life in America after a mother’s suicide, long ago in Japan
By Kyoko Mori Sunday, June 1, 2008
Democracy in Three Dimensions?
How the nation’s capital rose from a fetid forest on the backs of slaves
By Heather Ewing Sunday, June 1, 2008
Washington: The Making of the American Capital By Fergus M. Bordewich
Her Own Society
When Emily Dickinson and her radical friend Thomas Wentworth Higginson met for the first time
By Brenda Wineapple Sunday, June 1, 2008
