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
The Quiet Sideman
Tenor saxist ‘Chu’ Berry emerged from the pack at the end of his short life
By Colin Fleming Saturday, December 1, 2007
Alone at the Movies
My days in the dark with Robert Altman and Woody Allen
By Mark Edmundson Saturday, December 1, 2007
Balanchine’s Cabinet
A young woman wins a drawing and learns to give and to receive
By Ann Hagman Cardinal Saturday, December 1, 2007
Subjectivity Is All
Using a lifetime of colorful examples to define the undefinable
By Robert Campbell Saturday, December 1, 2007
Modernism: The Lure of Heresy from Baudelaire to Beckett and Beyond By Peter Gay
The Casserole Inquisition
Chronicles from America’s culinary transformation
By Sandra M. Gilbert Saturday, December 1, 2007
The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food By Judith Jones
Wry Eye on the Bard
Sorting through the little we know about the best we’ve got
By John F. Andrews Saturday, December 1, 2007
Shakespeare: The World as Stage By Bill Bryson
